Corteva Agriscience™
Corteva Agriscience™, agriculture division of DowDuPont, brand unveiled.
Our History
Corteva Agriscience™ is founded on the rich heritages of Dow, DuPont and Pioneer. Discover our history and evolution.
2018
Corteva
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2015
Dow DuPont
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Merger of equals
Dow and DuPont announce a definitive agreement under which the companies will merge, then subsequently spin off into three independent companies.
2011
DuPont
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Danisco acquired
DuPont acquires Danisco, a world-leading company in nutrition and health and industrial biosciences.
2002
Pioneer
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Pioneer enters China
Pioneer enters into a joint venture to market seed corn in China.
1999
DuPont
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Investing in Pioneer
DuPont becomes 100 percent owner of Pioneer.
1997
Dow
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Dow AgroSciences
Dow acquires 100 per cent ownership of DowElanco and renames it Dow AgroSciences.
1996
Pioneer
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Genomics in Corn
Pioneer is the first to start a genomics effort in corn.
1996
DuPont Dow
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DuPont Dow Elastomers
DuPont Dow Elastomers opens for business in 1996 as a joint venture between DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company.
1991
Pioneer
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#1 in soybeans
Pioneer becomes the number one brand of soybeans in North America.
1989
DowElanco
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DowElanco
Dow and Eli Lilly form DowElanco, a joint venture to produce agricultural products.
1987
DuPont
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Charles J. Pedersen
Charles J. Pedersen, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work with DuPont in describing the methods of synthesizing crown ethers.
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1981
DuPont
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Conoco
DuPont buys petroleum manufacturer Conoco, Inc. At the time, the largest merger in corporate history.
1972
Dow
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Dow launches new insecticide
Dow launches Lorsban® insecticide, now one of the most widely used insecticides in the world.
1970
Pioneer
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Changes at Pioneer
The company changes its name to Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., and establishes a separate overseas subsidiary.
1968
DuPont
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Lannate®
DuPont introduces Lannate methomyl insecticide, which goes on to become one of its most successful crop protection products.
1968
Dow
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Ziploc®
Dow begins test-marketing Ziploc bags.
ZIPLOC is a trademark of S. C. Johnson & Son.
1965
DuPont
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Kevlar® discovered
Stephanie L Kwolek develops the first liquid crystal polymer, which provides the basis for Kevlar® brand fiber.
1964
Dow
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Billion-dollar milestone
Dow annual sales exceed $1 billion.
1962
DuPont
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Lycra®
Lycra brand elastane fiber caps two decades of research to produce a good synthetic elastomeric fiber.
Lycra is a registered trademark of Invista.
1953
Dow
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Saran Wrap®
Dow introduces Saran Wrap for household use.
Saran Wrap and logo are trademarks of S.C. Johnson & Son Inc.
1949
Pioneer
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Pioneer® hits a million
Annual sales of Pioneer® brand seed corn in North America pass the million-unit mark.
1946
Pioneer
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Pioneer Hi-Bred Canada
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company of Canada is founded.
1942
Dow
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Canadian Expansion
Dow’s first expansion begins with Dow Chemical Canada, Ltd.
1941
Pioneer
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US Vice President
Pioneer’s Henry Wallace is elected US Vice President under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
1935
Pioneer
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Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company
The company changes its name to Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Company.
1929
Dow
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Dow’s first female researcher
Dow hires its first woman researcher, Sylvia Stoesser. Five of her patents helped unlock the secrets to treating oil wells.
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1928
DuPont
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Chemical expansion
DuPont purchases the Grasselli Chemical Company. Grasselli was a long-time manufacturer of inorganic and organic insecticides.
1926
Hi-Bred
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The start of Hi-Bred Corn Company
Founder Henry A. Wallace incorporates the Hi-Bred Corn Company, ushering in a new era of farmer acceptance of hybrid corn
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1906
Dow
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Dow’s first agricultural product
Dow produces its first agriculture product at a time when the value of US farms had soared to $30 billion
1897
Dow
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The Dow Chemical Company is founded
Electrochemical pioneer and unsinkable optimist, H.H. “Crazy Dow” Dow, founds Dow Chemical Company, a one-product start-up that would rewrite history.
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1802
DuPont
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E.I du Pont
With his first powder mill, E.I. du Pont establishes the iconic company that bears his name, on the banks of the Brandywine River
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