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Presentation of Pioneer's "PR39F58" maize at Werktuigendagen, Belgium 2009 Presentation of Pioneer's corn seeds near Lahr in Germany. The headquarters of Dupont Pioneer are located in Johnston, Iowa, with additional offices around the world. Pioneer produces, markets and sells hybrid seed corn in nearly 70 countries worldwide.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) owns patents that cover the manufacture, use, and sale of various hybrid corn seed products (plants and seeds). Pioneer sells its patented hybrid seeds under a limited label license that provides: "License is granted solely to produce grain and/or forage."
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]
In 1870, he founded the R. H. Shumway seed company on his farm in Rockford, Illinois. [2] By 1881 his company was expanding, so the company relocated to South First street in order to accommodate larger facilities. [3] By his death in 1925, it was the largest in the world, shipping 200,000 catalogues per year. [4]
The genesis of the Green Revolution was a lengthy visit in 1940 by U.S. Vice President-elect Henry A. Wallace, who had served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during President Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms, and before government service, had founded a company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, that had revolutionized the hybridization of ...
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Called the "Flower Wizard of California," [3] and "The Pioneer Seed-grower," [4] Shepherd was the first woman in California, and possibly the first woman in the United States, to hybridize flowers. [3] [5] The Theodosia B. Shepherd Company, her seed and bulb business, [6] is considered to be the foundation of California's seed industry. [7]