1965 |
FMC, Niagara Chemical Division, purchases SRS Seed and
changes name to Niagara Seeds |
1966 |
Niagara Seeds breeding facility opened at San Juan
Bautista, CA |
1968 |
John Moran Seed Company changes name to Moran Seeds,
Inc. |
1969 |
Niagara Seeds opens breeding facility in Davis, CA |
1976 |
Celanese Corporation, a major US chemical company,
decides to enter the seed business and acquires Ramsey
Seed |
1981 |
Consolidation between Niagara Seeds and Moran Seeds
complete |
1996 |
Groupe Limagrain acquires Clause and Harris Moran.
Limagrain Vegetable and Flowers becomes the largest
vegetable and flower seed organization in the world. |
1997 |
Groupe Limagrain consolidates Harris Moran and
Ferry-Morse Seed operations and moves headquarters to
Ferry-Morse facility in Modesto, CA |
2013 |
Innova Seeds Co., a California based company specialized
in professional vegetable seeds acquires the business
unit of Niagara seeds from HM- Clause a sister company
of Groupe Limagrain |