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DEKALB Genetics Corporation

Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	DeKalb, Illinois, USA (1912)
Products	crop seeds, chickens
Parent	Monsanto

DeKalb Genetics Corporation (often stylized DEKALB; formerly DeKalb Agricultural Association and DEKALB AgResearch) was a diversified company headquartered in DeKalb, Illinois that marketed agricultural seeds and other products. The company was best known for its leading role in the development of hybrid corn and for its "winged ear" logo. DeKalb Genetics Corporation was purchased by the Monsanto Company in 1998. The DeKalb seed business, the DEKALB brand and the winged ear logo are now owned and managed by Monsanto.

Corporate history

The history of DeKalb Genetics Corporation can be traced back to the Farm Bureau 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).

In 1982 DeKalb formed a joint venture with Pfizer, 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.

Monsanto first entered the maize seed business when it purchased 40% of DeKalb in 1996. It purchased the remainder of the corporation in 1998.

References

1. DEKALB Alumni Association website, 2009.
2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Troyer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. http://www.dekalbalumni.org/history/Invironments_DAA_Article.pdf DEKALB Alumni Association. The History of DEKALB. April 29, 2009.
4. Justice Dept Press Release Archived 2012-07-14 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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• Multinational companies
• Agriculture companies of the United States
• Seed companies
• Companies based in DeKalb County, Illinois
• Monsanto