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:

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

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

External resources

• Philip H. Howard, Seed Industry Structure.