News and Research on Origin Agritech Limited (SEED)
Business Description
Origin Agritech Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, production, sale, and marketing of crop seeds in the People’s Republic of China. The company has four principal products: corn, rice, cotton and canola.
The company produces its hybrid seeds by contracting with local farmers through which it provides them with parental seeds and technical support. The company's seed conditioning plants located in Changchun, Shenyang, Henan, Yunnan, Beijing and Sichuan supply finished products nationwide.
The company has technological co-operations with various universities and research entities within China in connection with research of conventional breeding, including China Agricultural University, Henan Agricultural University, China Academy of Science, China Academy of Agricultural Science, Liaoning Agricultural Academy, Yunnan Agricultural Academy, Guizhou Agricultural Academy of Science, Jilin Agricultural Academy of Science, Beijing Agricultural Academy of Science and China Rice Academy. In biotechnology, the company is cooperating with the Institute of Microbiology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to undertake one of Beijing Significant High-tech Achievements Transformation Projects, Transformation of glutamate dehydrogenase gene of fungus into maize.
The company has joint development agreements with the Shijiazhuang Liyu Technology Development CO., Ltd., Hebei Province (the Institute), under which the company and the Institute are to develop various varieties of corn seed.
Sales Offices
The company's sales offices are located through the central, northern, and southern regions of China.
Competition
The company’s competitors include Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.; Monsanto Company; and Sygenta AG.
History
Origin Agritech Limited was founded in 1997.
