Consolidation in the Seed Industry

Consolidation in the Seed Industry

Mergers and Acquisitions 1996-2008
Between 1996 and 2008:

BASF acquired:
 * Crop Design
 * ExSeed
 * Thurston
 * Svalof Weibull (partial ownership)

Bayer acquired:

Dow acquired:
 * Advanced AgriTraits (partial ownership)
 * Agromen
 * Bio Plant Research
 * Brodbeck
 * Dairyland Seed
 * Duo Maize
 * Empresa Brasileira
 * Illinois Foundation (partial ownership)
 * MTI
 * Mycogen Seeds
 * Biogenetica De Milho
 * Cargill North America
 * Dinamilho Carol
 * Hibridos Colorado
 * Morgan
 * Phytogen (partial ownership)
 * United Agriseeds
 * Nickerson Verneuil (partial ownership)
 * Renze Hybrids
 * Sudweststaat
 * Triumph

DuPont acquired:
 * Hybrinova
 * Pioneer Hi-Bred International
 * Curry Seed
 * Dois Marcos
 * Shandong Denghai Pioneer (partial ownership)
 * Dunhuang Pioneer (partial ownership)
 * Green Leaf Genetics (partial ownership)
 * Optimum Quality Grains (partial ownership)
 * Sunseeds (partial ownership)
 * Protein Tech. Int./Solae (partial ownership)
 * Verdia

Monsanto acquired:
 * Adventa Canola
 * Agracetus
 * Agroeste
 * Aly Participacoes
 * Asgrow
 * Calgene
 * Cargill International Seed Division
 * Carnia
 * Corn States Intl
 * Cotton States
 * DeKalb (1995)
 * Custom Farm Seed
 * Delta and Pine Land
 * CDM Mandiyu
 * Syngenta Global Cotton Division
 * DeRuiter
 * Ecogen
 * EID Parry Rallis
 * Emergent Genetics
 * Mahendra
 * Daehnfeldt
 * Indusem
 * First Line
 * Holdens
 * HybriTech (1995)
 * AgriPro Wheat
 * Jacob Hartz (1995)
 * Interstate Canola
 * ISG
 * Peotec
 * Western
 * Limagrain Canada
 * Marmot
 * Poloni
 * Sementes Agroceres
 * Seminis
 * Agroceres
 * Barham
 * Bruinsma (1994)
 * Choong Ang
 * Genecorp (1994)
 * Horticeres
 * Hungnong
 * Petoseed (1995)
 * Royal Sluis (1995)
 * Sensako
 * Terrazawa
 * ASI
 * Trelay Seeds
 * NC Plus Hybrids
 * Trisler
 * Diener
 * Campbell Seed
 * Kruger
 * Heritage Seeds
 * Lewis Hybrids
 * Stone Seeds
 * Hawkeye
 * Sieben
 * Jung
 * BoCa
 * Hubner Seed
 * REA
 * Heartland Hybrids
 * Specialty Hybrids
 * Fielders Choice
 * Moweaqua Seeds
 * iCORN
 * Corn Belt
 * Gold Country
 * Fontanelle
 * Nebraska Irrigated
 * Channel Bio
 * Wilson Seeds
 * Crows
 * Midwest Seed Genetics
 * Mahyco (partial ownership)
 * HybriTech Europe (partial ownership)
 * CNDK (partial ownership)
 * Monsoy (partial ownership)
 * Paras (partial ownership)
 * DeKalb Ayala (partial ownership)
 * Renessen (partial ownership)

Syngenta acquired:

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Monsanto
 * Bayer CropScience
 * DuPont
 * Dow AgroSciences
 * Syngenta
 * BASF
 * Genetically Modified Organisms

External resources

 * Philip H. Howard, Seed Industry Structure.