Nebraska seed companies being bought out by larger, distant firms.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 19, 2005 ;     700+ words ......of established seed companies that Nebraska...the traditional seed companies are now owned...became part of Channel Bio, a division of...of independent seed companies. But after American...demonstrate how its seed technology combats...names on markers. ...

Seed Brands Sell.(American Seeds Inc)(Brief Article)

Farm Journal;  September 28, 2005 ;     227 words ......subsidiary American Seeds Inc. (ASI) bought five seed companies for $52 million in cash. Together, the companies...Hybrids will continue to operate independently. The seed companies are part of the ASI model in which Monsanto takes...crop production at Monsanto Company. ASI also owns ...

Production Journal.(American Seeds Inc.)(Hybrid-Maize)

Farm Journal;  November 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ......sold by Garst and other seed companies. Since it's the same GA21...foundation and retail seed companies. Licensing will be through...Genetics. Monsanto Buys More Seed Companies Monsanto has formed a...ASI), for investing in seed companies. ASI's first investment is the ...

Monsanto Forms American Seeds, Inc., an Investment Vehicle for Regional...

PR Newswire;  November 16, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Acquisition of Channel Bio Corp. Monsanto...allow regional seed companies to gain faster...ASI Acquires Channel Bio Corp. ASI announced...today, acquiring Channel Bio Corp., a leading...progressive seed companies in the country...additions to ...

Home field advantage.(regional seed companies will score in their own...

Farm Journal;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Regional seed companies still score in their own markets...the fate of small and mid-sized seed companies in a presentation at Purdue University...held by privately owned, regional seed companies, but focused is a more appropriate...

Best of both worlds: regional seed companies thrive on joint...

Top Producer;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Partnering allows regional seed companies to be tough competitors while maintaining...brand has been shared with four other seed companies to create a marketing umbrella and...brands resonates with other regional seed companies. In recent years, several have merged...

Companies sprout new seed choices: an abundance of options are ready to...

Farm Journal;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......seed products for 2004 that even the seed companies struggle to keep track. With all the...to test some new stuff next spring, seed companies may strike last-minute deals on a few...want returned to inventory. As always, seed companies offer the best pricing and finance...

OREGON FIRM ANSWERS REGIONAL SEED NEED.(Life and Arts)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ......soil and hot nights to thrive. Big seed companies saw home gardeners as a perfect market...home gardening blossomed, so did small seed companies. Frustrated by the lack of regionally...Best of all, everything that small seed companies offered, from tomatoes to salad greens...

Monsanto's technology fees.

The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter;  June 29, 2001 ;     91 words ......corn. The firm instead will require seed companies to pay royalties to market the biotech seeds. Seed companies can adjust their prices to reflect...competitive pricing environment among seed companies as they try to increase their market...

NEW PLANT VARIETIES KEEP POPPING UP.(LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  February 22, 1997 ;     517 words ......Knight-Ridder News Service The fertile minds at seed companies never rest from their task of developing...of the nation's amateur gardeners, seed companies fill their books with dozens of new...painstaking work by breeders employed at seed companies or experiment stations run by ...

Put Seed Costs In Perspective.

Farm Journal;  October 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......you pay as you go. That's how several seed companies are pitching high-priced, technology-load...is more valuable than it used to be. Seed companies stress the fact that the higher prices...spending a lot more money in one place. Seed companies offering corn traits licensed by ...

[ Business ]

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  April 24, 2001 ;     249 words ...- Seed companies find biotech contamination --- Dozens of small seed companies have found corn seed contaminated with traces...seed from being planted," Herglotz said. Large seed companies and firms that were licensed to sell the biotech...

U.S. GOVERNMENT, AMERICAN SEED COMPANIES PROVIDE FLOOD ASSISTANCE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 22, 2006 ;     210 words ......hybrid maize seed free of charge from Monsanto and Pioneer seed companies and the U.S. Government. It is expected that 2,000 farmers...USAID purchased US$100,000 worth of seeds from the two U.S. seed companies, Pioneer and Monsanto, both of which provided a 100% matching...

Corn Seed Found Contaminated

AP Online;  March 1, 2001 ;     486 words ......industry officials said Thursday. Seed companies detected the genetically engineered...would be evaluating data submitted by seed companies. He said he is ``confident that the...are working as they were intended.'' Seed companies ``have got a responsibility to not...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch business briefs column.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  September 3, 2005 ;     241 words ......MONSANTO UNIT BUYS 5 REGIONAL SEED COMPANIES: A subsidiary of Monsanto...has acquired five regional seed companies for a total of about $52 million...association of family-based seed companies, will be combined as another...