GDM pulled out its wallet and bought AgReliant Genetics, an important American seed company with which it consolidates its global offensive in

The news came from the north, but has deep roots in the south. This week, GDM —the company born in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, in 1982 as Asociados Don Mario— announced the acquisition of 100% of AgReliant Genetics, one of the most important corn and soybean seed companies in the United States and Canada. The operation, still subject to regulatory approvals in that country, reaffirms a global strategy that the family group has been deploying for years. AgReliant was born in 2000 from the union between KWS (Germany) and Limagrain (France), and consolidated itself as the third corn seed provider in the US, with recognized brands such as AgriGold, LG Seeds and PRIDE Seeds (in Canada). In addition to corn, it also offers seeds for soybeans, sorghum, and alfalfa. It possesses one of the largest temperate corn genetic banks on the continent and the fourth most important corn research program in North America. With this acquisition, GDM adds AgReliant's local know-how and territorial ...