Stine Seed Company: Proud Midwest roots with an expanding national footprint
December 2021
Stine Seed Company is unique for many reasons, one being that it was founded by a farmer and, as a privately owned seed company, is still a family-run business today. For more than five decades, company founder Harry Stine has employed his farming background, innovative nature and passion for improving production agriculture to develop the highest yielding corn and soybean genetics in the United States. The company started as a small 160-acre farm owned and operated by his grandparents in the late 1800s and evolved into Stine Seed Farms in the 1950s and ultimately Stine Seed Company.
Stine® now has a reach well outside the Midwest — we’re a national brand with a Midwest heart. Learn about the new territories we’re reaching as the Stine sales footprint expands across the country.
Southwest
While we’ve had a presence in the southern Corn Belt and into the Delta South for some years now, we’ve recently expanded our product offerings to fit the maturity and geographic needs of Texas, Oklahoma and parts of New Mexico. Growers in the Southwest can benefit from longer-season Stine products such as 114- to 118-day corn and soybeans that range up to a 5.8 maturity. We have also hired several sales reps to better serve grower customers in these regions and continue to hire additional sales reps to support boots on the ground. In fact, we currently have a position open in Texas for an independent sales rep to cover the Victoria, Wharton, El Campo and Houston areas. We also have an opening for a sales rep in northeast Oklahoma to cover Mayes, Ottawa, Craig, Delaware, Adair, Wagoner, Osage, Washington, Rogers and Tulsa counties.
Florida
Florida was once home only to our winter nurseries. But now we have different maturity options in our corn and soybean lineup that fit Florida’s wet, sandy soils. We are excited to expand our seed sales footprint in the Sunshine State—from corn products that range from 116+ days relative maturity to soybean varieties in the late Group 5 maturity. Currently, we are looking for an independent sales rep in central Florida whose territory will include Alachua, Putnam, Lake, Bradford, Union and Columbia counties.
East Coast
From upper New York and the Delmarva region to Georgia and the Carolinas, we have the biggest presence that we’ve ever had up and down the East Coast. Our differentiators for this region? The ability to supply growers with better options that best match their soil type and growing conditions, and our sales team in the region who are dedicated to ensuring customers are getting the best products and expert crop management advice year-round. As we expand our presence on the East Coast, we’re in the market for a regional sales agronomist who will focus their efforts on supporting our sales team on the ground in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, North Carolina and South Carolina.
We are excited to branch out into even more new territories in 2022. To find out if Stine corn or soybeans are available in your region, connect with a Stine rep near you.