Mycogen Seeds announces its plans for expanding its seed production facilities in York, Nebraska, and Marshalltown, Iowa. The new additions will enable Mycogen Seeds to better supply its customers in North America.

Plans include expanding the intake and storage capacity at the York facility with the addition of processing stations, a corn dryer and intermediate bulk storage. The Marshalltown facility will also see the addition of bulk storage. The expansion is expected to be complete by September 2005.

“Taken together, this expansion demonstrates our long-term commitment to bringing our customers high-quality Mycogen Seeds products,” said Tom Wiltrout, General Manager for North America Seeds, “and will significantly increase our North American corn seed production capacity.”

This expansion also comes at a time when demand for Mycogen Seeds products is rising, with additional new products on the way. The performance of Mycogen Seeds grain corn and silage hybrids, coupled with the success of Herculex^® I Insect Protection, has created opportunities for continued growth. In addition, Mycogen Seeds anticipates the launch of Herculex RW for corn rootworm control and the launch of new, nutritionally enhanced corn hybrids that will benefit pork and poultry producers with improved cost efficiencies in their operations. “When the expansion is complete, we will be positioned to more reliably supply the products our customers need,” says Wiltrout.

Mycogen Seeds is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and is an affiliate of Dow AgroSciences LLC.  Mycogen Seeds is the leader in Silage-Specific^™ corn, the largest sunflower seed producer, and a leading producer of seed corn, alfalfa, soybeans and sorghum. 

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Herculex I Insect Protection and Herculex RW Rootworm Protection technology by Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred