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| Company type | Agriculture/Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | Dallas, Texas (1973) |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Corn and soybean seeds |
| Parent | Syngenta |
| Website | goldenharvestseeds |
Golden Harvest is aU.S.-basedbrand wholly owned bySyngenta. Syngenta marketshybridcorn seeds andsoybean seeds foragriculture under the brand.
Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc. was founded April 23, 1973 when seven companies in the 13-memberFunk G Hybrids conglomerate decided to end their partnership with the latter.[1][2] Founding Golden Harvest Seeds members included Akin Seed, Columbiana Seed, Garwood Seed, Golden Seed, J.C. Robinson Seeds, Sommer Bros. Seed, and Thorp Seed.[3] Akin Seed left the partnership early, while Columbiana Seed was purchased by SeedTec following bankruptcy; the remaining five members continued as Golden Harvest until it ceased to exist as an independent entity.
In 2001, J.C. Robinson Seeds, the largest of the five remaining members, was sued by the smaller four. The lawsuit was prompted by J.C. Robinson Seeds' expressed interest in exiting the Golden Harvest association.[4] While the lawsuit was quickly dismissed in favor of J.C. Robinson, J.C. Robinson nevertheless did not leave the relationship.[5]
In 2003, J.C. Robinson Seeds purchased a controlling interest in theDutch companyZelder, adding its corn-related activities to the Golden Harvest group.[6]
In 2004, Golden Harvest andGarst were acquired bySyngenta.[7] Golden Harvest and Garst ceased to exist as independent legal entities at the end of 2012,[8]but Syngenta continues to market many of both companies' hybrid corn seed products under the Golden Harvest brand name.[9]
