FUNK BROTHERS SEED CO. v. KALO INOCULANT CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 16, 1948. The case was argued before the court on January 13, 1948. In a 7 ...

The company became the first to offer farmer-dealers a full lineup of forage seed and hybrid seed corn. By the mid-1960s, the farmer-dealer network had grown to over 500. After 56 years as ...

For the first time in the history of the seed corn industry, two companies control 71% of sales. “A few acquisitions by DuPont this spring puts them neck and neck with Monsanto with regard to ...

Over the years that followed, Leonard’s life was dedicated to the development of stress-tolerant corn hybrids, providing quality seed to farmers. Leonard’s son, Tom, earned his doctorate from Iowa ...

Howard Heim founded the Heim Hybrid Seed Corn Company around 1937 near Lake City, about a decade after Iowa native Henry A. Wallace founded the Hi-Bred Corn Company, which became Pioneer Hi-Bred.