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Company Overview: Dow AgroSciences, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, develops leading-edge crop protection and plant biotechnology solutions to meet the challenges of the growing world. Dow AgroSciences is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company and had annual global sales of $5.7 billion in 2011.

Company History:  Dow AgroSciences was originally known as DowElanco and began in 1989 as a joint venture between the Agricultural Products business of The Dow Chemical Company and the Elanco Plant Sciences business of Eli Lilly and Company. The company was renamed in 1997 when Dow acquired 100 percent ownership of the business.

President and CEO: Antonio Galindez

Global Headquarters: Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.

Global Number of Employees: Approximately 6,700

Global Sales in 2011: $5.7 billion 

Selected Key Products:

DELEGATE® & RADIANT® insecticide
DITHANE® fungicide
EXZACT™ Precision Technology
HERCULEX® I, HERCULEX RW & HERCULEX XTRA Insect Protection
LONTREL® herbicide
LORSBAN® insecticide
MILESTONE® herbicide
SENTRICON® Termite Colony Elimination System
SIMPLICITY™ herbicide
SmartStax™ hybrids
STARANE® herbicide
SURPASS® herbicide
TELONE® soil fumigant
TORDON® herbicide
TRACER® & SUCCESS® insecticide
VERDICT™ herbicide
WideStrike® Insect Protection

   
Recent Acquisitions:

2011
Prairie Brand Seed (U.S.)

2010
Grand Valley Hybrids (U.S.)

2009
Pfister Seeds (U.S.)
Hyland Seeds (Canada)

2008
Brodbeck Seeds (U.S.)
Dairyland Seed (U.S.)
Renze Seeds (U.S.)
Südwestsaat GbR* (Germany)
Triumph Seed (U.S.)

2007
Agromen Technolgia (Brazil)
Duo Maize (Netherlands)
MTI (Austria)