Largest hybrid corn companies?

June 8, 2009 12:40 PM

Hi all, does anyone know which companies are the largest producers of hybrid corn seed in the US or world-wide? I am looking for a list of perhaps the top ten, along with the proportion of the market they make up. Thanks for your ideas.
posted by tnygard to food & drink (3 comments total)

Check your MeFi Mail, but quickly, as of 2007 it's:

Monsanto 32%
DuPoint Pioneer 30%
Syngenta 13%
Dow 5%
Other 20%
* U.S. corn market share. Source: Company reports, Bank of America (New York)
posted by cog_nate at 12:54 PM on June 8

Sorry, the title of that is "United States top four agricultural biotechnology companies by share of planted engineered corn acreage in percentages for 2007"
posted by cog_nate at 12:54 PM on June 8

Those companies probably belong on the list (not sure about Dow), but for the record, hybrid corn seed ≠ engineered corn seed.
posted by bricoleur at 1:03 PM on June 8 [2 favorites]