1984-1990

1984

In five short years, Stine Seed Company achieves sales in excess of a half million units. Stine Seed Company’s marketing organization for soybean extends from Ohio to Colorado, north into Minnesota and south into Missouri.

Stine expands soybean research to locations east of Mississippi.

1986

Construction of Stine’s new headquarters is completed. (The site for the office had, a generation earlier, been a hog lot!)

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1989

Stine Seed Company acquires nine regional seed companies, expanding the company’s marketing area from Nebraska to Ohio, Dakotas to the boot heel of Missouri. In addition, this brings new offerings— such as corn, oats and soft red winter wheat—to dealers. Harry Stine honored as Agrimarketer of the Year by the Iowa Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association and Iowa/Nebraska Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young.

1990

Stine’s dealer force grows to 1,700 dealers in 15 states, marketing in excess of 1 million units of soybean seed.