Monsanto, Seneca Foods Enter Tolling Agreement

Posted by Jackie Pucci|5 August 2016

Monsanto and Seneca Foods Corp. announced they entered a 10-year tolling agreement for vegetable large seed processing operations in the United States.

Large seed refers to vegetable crops such as peas, beans and sweet corn, and tolling services provided by Seneca will include receiving, conditioning, treating, packaging and storing of these products.

As a part of the agreement, Seneca purchased Monsanto’s vegetable seed processing facility in Nampa, Idaho, extending employment opportunities to all manufacturing employees currently employed at the site. Vegetable large seed processing operations at Monsanto’s site in Warden, Wash., will transfer to Seneca’s facility in Dayton, Wash. The transition will take place over the next few months, with Monsanto expecting its Warden site to cease operations by the end of calendar year 2016.

“We believe this agreement will deliver improved efficiencies for both companies by combining our seed processing volumes,” stated Kraig Kayser, Seneca Foods’ President and CEO. “Like Seneca, Monsanto is a company defined by employees committed to supporting farmers and agriculture throughout the world. I’m proud to welcome the Nampa team as the newest members of our organization.”