U.S. Seed Companies – Cucurbit Breeding (2024)

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U.S. Seed Companies – Cucurbit Breeding? ›

The top 3 companies (Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta) together account for $10,282 million, or 47% of the worldwide proprietary seed market.

The top 3 companies (Monsanto, DuPont, Syngenta) together account for $10,282 million, or 47% of the worldwide proprietary seed market.

Monsanto's subsidiary American Seeds Inc. (ASI) just increased its family of regional seed companies by five. ASI announced plans to purchase on July 1 Kruger Seed Company, Dike, IA; Diener Seeds, Reynolds, IN; Sieben Hybrids, Geneseo, IL; Trisler Seed Farms, Fairmount, IL; and Campbell Seed, Tipton, IN.

Beck's is the largest family-owned retail seed company and the third-largest seed brand in the U.S., dedicated to serving farmers throughout the Midwest and Mid-South.

There has been ongoing consolidation and concentration of the U.S. agriculture industry in recent decades. In 2015, six firms controlled the majority of the U.S. crop seed and agricultural chemical markets. Today, just four firms — Bayer, Corteva, ChemChina's Syngenta Group, and BASF — dominate those markets.

Since Syngenta had Chinese ownership, the company has purchased an additional 200 agricultural acres (80 hectares), he said. “All Syngenta land holdings have been examined by the U.S. government, through two administrations, as Syngenta was transitioning to ChemChina ownership,” Das said.

Monsanto's roles in agricultural changes, biotechnology products, lobbying of government agencies, and roots as a chemical company have resulted in controversies.

In 2010 the Gates Foundation Trust invested about $23 million in Monsanto, the genetically modified seed and chemical company, though it sold its shares the next year following outcry from environmental groups.

Monsanto and Dupont/Pioneer lead the way with over 50% of seed sales in the world. All of the top ten companies are located in the U.S.A, Japan or Europe.

Is Burpee owned by Monsanto? ›

Atlee Burpee & Co. Burpee is NOT owned by Monsanto. We do NOT sell GMO seed, never have in the past, and will not sell it in the future.

The Company's brands are the most recognized in the industry. In the U.S., the Company's Scotts®, Miracle- Gro® and Ortho® brands are market-leading in their categories, as is the consumer Roundup® brand, which is marketed in North America and most of Europe exclusively by Scotts and owned by Monsanto.

As the first professional seed establishment in America, Landreth's has helped grow the gardens that have fed generations. It is our sincerest pleasure to bring the joy, pride, and confidence of a crop well-tended and meal home-grown to new and experienced gardeners alike.

BASF, Bayer/Monsanto, ChemChina-Syngenta, and Corteva Agriscience are the four big corporations that currently own the rights to over two thirds of the world's seed and pesticide sales.

Monsanto does sue farmers who use its seeds without licensing agreements. Arguably, the most famous of these cases was against Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser, whose story was the focus of the conspiracy-theory-laden documentary “David versus Monsanto”.

#1 Seed company : Bayer

Bayer is the largest and most diversified seed company in the world, with a strong presence in corn, soybean, cotton, vegetable, and specialty crops. Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018, which gave it access to the leading biotechnology and digital farming platforms.

Overall U.S. crop production is concentrated in California and the Midwest. The five states with the highest value of crop sales are California, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska.

With over 750 companies doing seed business in the US, a commercial market value of approximately $12.0 billion (ASTA, 2009), and over 60,000 varieties of planting seed, the US is the largest and most diverse planting seed market in the world, followed by China, France, Brazil and India (ISF, 2012).

Many of Monsanto's agricultural seed products are genetically modified, such as for resistance to herbicides, including glyphosate and dicamba. Monsanto calls glyphosate-tolerant seeds Roundup Ready.