Ames, Iowa, USA
February 19, 2015
Stine® Seed Company and United Suppliers, Inc. ® (United Suppliers®) are forming a marketing and sales consultant partnership to accelerate seed sales growth for Stine Seed and United Supplier’s Seed Link® owners. Seed Link is a team of United Suppliers retail owners committed to a “Total Agronomy” approach to meet their customers’ needs for increased productivity and profitability. The Seed Link team consists of top retailers nationwide that consistently outpace the industry in customer satisfaction and sales performance.
“This partnership will promote a differentiated seed offer that will ultimately deliver growers a better return on their investment,” says Harry Stine, president of Stine Seed Company. “Stine offers some of the most powerful genetics on the market, and we take pride in being an innovative leader in corn and soybean technology.”
This new alliance will greatly expand sales opportunities for Stine Seed with the United Supplier Seed Link Owners. “The combination of Stine’s industry-leading products along with United Supplier’s market access via Seed Link will create improved value for our owners and the farmer customer,” says Brad Oelmann, United Suppliers President.
About United Suppliers, Inc.
United Suppliers, Inc. is a customer owned wholesale supplier of crop nutrients, crop protection inputs and seed headquartered in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1963, United Suppliers is comprised of more than 600 agricultural dealers (Owners) that operate approximately 2,800 retail locations throughout the United States and Canada.
The Mission of United Suppliers is to be the supplier of choice while increasing its owners’ capabilities and competitiveness. To meet this goal, United Suppliers strives to provide Owners with transparent market intelligence, innovative products, reliable market access and customized business solutions. For more information, visit www.unitedsuppliers.com.
About Stine
As the nation’s largest independent seed company, Stine Seed Farm, Inc., headquartered near Adel, Iowa, is focused on developing and marketing the world's best-performing corn and soybean seed through its retail arm, Stine Seed Company. Stine operates the industry's largest corn and soybean breeding and development program, advancing and testing nearly one million unique soybean varieties and more than 100,000 preliminary corn hybrids annually. For nearly four decades, Stine’s soybean research program has been regarded as the soybean genetics supplier of choice to the seed industry and Stine has consistently lead the Patent Board’s Food, Beverage and Tobacco industry segment in growth and industry impact. For more information, visit www.stineseed.com.
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