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==Corporate history== |
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The history of DeKalb Genetics Corporation can be traced back to the ] county organization, founded in DeKalb. Illinois in b 404A, which sold 508,000 bags in 1947, the same year total DeKalb sales exceeded 2,000,000 bags of seed corn. The first popular full- and short-season, large volume, single-cross maize hybrids were DeKalb hybrids 805 and XL 45. As a result, DeKalb was the leader in U.S. hybrid seed com sales from the mid-1930s until the mid-1970s (Crabb 1948. Roberts 1999).<ref name=Troyer/> |
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In 1982 DeKalb formed a joint venture with ], called DeKalb-Pfizer Genetics, and in 1985 the name was changed to DeKalb Corporation. The seed business was spun off as DeKalb Genetics Corporation in 1988.<ref>http://www.dekalbalumni.org/history/Invironments_DAA_Article.pdf DEKALB Alumni Association. ''The History of DEKALB.'' April 29, 2009.</ref> |
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Monsanto first entered the maize seed business when it purchased 40% of DeKalb in 1996. It purchased the remainder of the corporation in 1998.<ref name=Troyer/><ref> {{wayback|url=http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/press_releases/1998/2103.htm |date=20120714022240 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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