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The court's ruling today ensures that longstanding principles of patent law apply to breakthrough 21st century technologies that are central to meeting the growing demands of our planet and its ...
1996 - Pioneer acquires 20% stake in Sunseeds Co. (a hybrid vegetable seed producer) in exchange for Pioneer's vegetable seed operation. 1997 - DuPont acquires a 20% stake in Pioneer and the companies form a joint venture called Optimum Quality Grains LLC. 1999 - DuPont purchases the remaining 80% of Pioneer for $7.7 billion. [7]
Monsanto's best-known product is Roundup, a glyphosate-based herbicide, developed in the 1970s. Later, the company became a major producer of genetically engineered crops. In 2018, the company ranked 199th on the Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue. [2]
In 1993, ICI sold off its North American assets, and Garst seed business became part of a new company called Zeneca. [1] In 1996, Garst became part of Advanta Group, formed through the merger of Zeneca Seeds and VanderHave. [1] Zeneca became part of AstraZeneca and VanderHave was controlled by a Dutch farmer-owned co-operative called Cosun U.A. [2]
Dow AgroSciences Acquires Cal/West Seeds Acquisition to Expand Alfalfa Business WOODLAND, Calif. & INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Dow ...
The largest collection of nursery and seed trade catalogs in the U.S. is held at the National Agricultural Library where the earliest catalogs date from the late 18th century, with most published from the 1890s to the present. [1] Seed companies produce a huge range of seeds from highly developed F1 hybrids to open pollinated wild species. They ...
PPG expanded quickly. By 1900, known as the "Glass Trust", it included 10 plants, had a 65 percent share of the U.S. plate glass market, and had become the nation's second largest producer of paint. [4] Today, known as PPG Industries, the company is a multibillion-dollar, Fortune 500 corporation with 150 manufacturing locations around the world.
Seeds of Change is an organic seed and food company owned by Mars, Inc. Until summer 2010, the company was based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and producers of a line of processed organic foods including pasta sauces and salad dressings. Seeds of Change was founded in 1989, as a seed company specializing in organics by Gabriel Howearth and Kenny ...