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As a result, DeKalb was the leader in U.S. hybrid seed corn sales from the mid-1930s until the mid-1970s (Crabb 1948. Roberts 1999). [2] In 1982 DeKalb formed a joint venture with Pfizer, called DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, and in 1985 the name was changed to DeKalb Corporation. The seed business was spun off as DeKalb Genetics Corporation in 1988. [4]
The Upjohn Company acquired Asgrow in 1968 in a stock swap. [2] In 1994, Mexico-based company, Empresas La Moderna SA purchased Asgrow for $300 million. At the time, Asgrow was the fifth-largest seed company with $270 million in sales. [2] [3] Monsanto purchased Asgrow from Empresas in 1996 for $240 million dollars. [4]
The Texas Land Survey System is often measured in Spanish Customary Units. The most important of these is the vara, which, while ambiguous in the past, was legally established to be exactly 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm) long in June 1919. [2] The subdivision levels in Texas are as follows: [3]
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Monsanto first entered the maize seed business when it purchased 40% of Dekalb in 1996; it purchased the remainder of the corporation in 1998. [52] In 1997, the company first published an annual report citing Monsanto's Law, a biotechnological take on Moore's Law , indicating its future directions and exponential growth in the use of biotechnology.
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The longtime pol, who was elected to Texas’ 12th District in 1997, has not cast a vote since July — though the lower chamber was on recess throughout August and October — sparking outrage ...
A student who believes she was spiked on a night out later discovered a man she did not know had been waiting for her outside claiming to be her boyfriend.