陶氏农业科学有限责任公司, 打算购买某些资产 Sansgaard 种子农场公司， 爱荷华州故事城。据陶氏称，该交易预计将在不久的将来完成。
根据协议条款，陶氏益农将收购 草原品牌种子 brand and marketing assets, in addition to land, buildings and equipment. The addition of these assets will build upon Dow AgroSciences’ seed business and will expand its broad range of product offerings.
“Over the past seven decades, Sansguard Seed Farms and its Prairie Brand seed business has developed an excellent reputation in the Midwest as a leading provider of top-quality, high-yielding soybeans,” said Ben Kaehler, U.S. Seed Affiliates Commercial leader, Dow AgroSciences in a prepared statement. “In the past few years, they have expanded their product offering with corn. We are very pleased to have them represent Dow AgroSciences and our technologies to Midwest growers.”
Dow AgroSciences 将继续以 Prairie 品牌独立销售玉米和大豆种子，公司总部仍将留在故事城。总裁 Brian Sansgaard 将继续担任该业务的总经理。据陶氏称，Prairie Brand Seed 的所有员工都将继续担任目前的职务。
“By joining Dow AgroSciences, we expand our product offering of both traits and genetics, while we continue to operate with a regional and personal focus,” said Brian Sansgaard, president of Prairie Brand in a prepared statement. “As a lifelong seedsman and farmer, this venture brings customers of Prairie Brand a very strong value proposition of the latest technology, some of the industry’s leading genetics, and our personal service.”
Prairie Brand 与陶氏农科的其他种子品牌一起，将使陶氏农科扩大其 SmartStax 玉米性状组合和由 SmartStax 提供支持的 REFUGE ADVANCED 的使用。据陶氏称，未来陶氏农科的创新，如 ENLIST 杂草控制系统技术，也将通过 Prairie Brand 提供。
该协议的财务条款未披露。