{"id":130482,"date":"2025-09-03T19:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/130482\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:55:08","slug":"gdm-completes-acquisition-of-agreliant-genetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/130482\/","title":{"rendered":"GDM Completes Acquisition of AgReliant Genetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gdmseeds.com\/en\/gdm-announces-agreement-to-acquire-agreliant-genetics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GDM<\/a>, a global plant genetics company committed to empowering farmers and advancing global agriculture, today announced the successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/agrochemicals\/seeds-traits\/gdm-to-acquire-agreliant-genetics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">completion of its acquisition of 100% of the shares in AgReliant Genetics<\/a>, a leading North American provider of corn and soybean seeds. The acquisition represents a major step forward in GDM\u2019s North American growth strategy. By combining AgReliant\u2019s market leadership in corn breeding and genetics in the USA with GDM\u2019s global scale and reputation for world-class innovation in elite row crop genetics, GDM can deliver greater innovation, value and choice to North American farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks a transformative moment in the history of our company and journey in the North American market,\u201d said Ignacio Bartolom\u00e9, chief executive officer (CEO), GDM. \u201cBy welcoming AgReliant into the GDM family, we are creating a North American agricultural powerhouse poised to offer farmers an unmatched portfolio of high-performance seed solutions in soybeans and corn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The completion of the acquisition significantly expands GDM\u2019s North American footprint, which now includes GDM\u2019s leading soybean genetic licensing business and DONMARIO, Mustang, Revere and Virtue brands, as well as critical AgReliant assets such as the well-known AgriGold\u00ae, LG Seeds and PRIDE\u00ae Seeds brands; one of the world\u2019s largest temperate corn genetic pools; and the fourth largest corn research program in North America.<\/p>\n<p>With today\u2019s transaction close, GDM enhances its position as the global leader in soybean genetics and rises to become the fourth-largest corn genetics provider worldwide. Brian Barker, formerly CEO of AgReliant, takes on the role of GDM\u2019s North American President effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks a powerful step forward as we unite under a shared purpose \u2013 to be exceptional partners to our customers and advance agriculture in a way that consistently drives higher seed and yield performance,\u201d said Barker. \u201cTogether, we are building a more powerful, innovative and integrated portfolio of seed solutions that creates more choice, more value and greater yield potential to North American growers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tariffs Update 2025: Jim DeLisi on Trump\u2019s Latest Trade Moves<\/p>\n<p>MAP LATAM served as advisor and Rabobank as co-advisor to the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGDM is a global group dedicated to the research, development, and commercialization of intellectual property products in plant genetics for row crops. With an innovative approach, the company integrates advanced technologies and exceptional talent to promote innovation, collaboration, and the development of new businesses that positively impact the agro-industrial value chain. GDM operates in 15 countries and has a team of 3,400 employees.\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agribusinessglobal.com\/author\/gdm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See all author stories here.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GDM, a global plant genetics company committed to empowering farmers and advancing global agriculture, today announced the successful&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[200,14007,79],"class_list":["post-130482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-genetics","tag-genetics","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}