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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]
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.
Grantville-area farmer Dan Bigham won an award in a recent national yield contest.
D&PL became the world’s largest cotton breeder, doing business in the U.S and in 18 other countries. [11] In its cotton breeding research, D&PL was able to develop gene pools that produced cotton varieties of benefit to both cotton farmers, through increased yields, and textile manufacturers, through enhanced fiber traits.
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in DeKalb County, Georgia, highlighting Decatur in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape. Date: 19 September 2007: Source: My own work, based on public domain information. Based on similar map concepts by Ixnayonthetimmay: Author ...
Spencerville Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge located at Spencerville, Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1873, and spans the St. Joseph River. It is a Smith Type 4 truss bridge on concrete piers. It measures 146 feet long and topped by a gable roof and sided with board-and-batten siding. It is one of only six ...
The Morrow Plots is an experimental agricultural field at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Named for Professor George E. Morrow , it is the oldest such field in the United States [ 3 ] and the second oldest in the world. [ 4 ]