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1924 - Henry Wallace begins selling 'Copper Cross', an early commercial hybrid seed corn. 1926 - Hi-Bred Corn Company is founded in Des Moines, Iowa, with $7,000 in capital. [7] 1931 - Roswell Garst agrees to produce/distribute seed. The following year Garst partners with Charles Thomas to form the Garst and Thomas Seed Corn Company.
In 1931, Garst and Thomas Hi-Bred Corn Company was founded by Roswell Garst and Charley Thomas in Coon Rapids, Iowa, and was "instrumental in promoting the use of hybrid corn." [ 1 ] During the Cold War , Garst formed a relationship with Nikita Khrushchev and assisted the USSR in modernizing its corn production.
The DowDuPont agricultural businesses that became Corteva had revenue of over $14 billion in 2017, [7] which would have placed the company in the Fortune 500 for that year. A major part of the company is Pioneer Hi-Bred International, which DuPont purchased in 1999.
A festival created by teens for teens is returning to Des Moines' Riverview Park this Saturday. Presented by Hip-Hope Inc., the second annual Iowa Corn Bred Cornbread Festival seeks to spotlight ...
As a result of this effort DeKalb AgResearch sold hybrid corn seed beginning in 1935. Sales expanded rapidly as Roberts organized a force of farmer-dealers, who were paid a 15% commission. The first popular hybrid was DeKalb 404A, which sold 508,000 bags in 1947, the same year total DeKalb sales exceeded 2,000,000 bags of seed corn.
Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc. was founded April 23, 1973 when seven companies in the 13-member Funk G Hybrids conglomerate decided to end their partnership with the latter. [1] [2] Founding Golden Harvest Seeds members included Akin Seed, Columbiana Seed, Garwood Seed, Golden Seed, J.C. Robinson Seeds, Sommer Bros. Seed, and Thorp Seed. [3]
Foundation corn is the parent seed from which hybrids are made. Established in 1937, in Williamsburg, Iowa by Roland Holden, Holden was the largest independent producer of foundation seed in America before being acquired by Monsanto Company in 1997. [1] [2] Monsanto was subsequently acquired by Bayer in 2018, and Holden is now part of Bayer ...
Tariq, aka "Corn Kid" discuses his viral "Recess Therapy" interview, fame and his love of corn.