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Re: Novartis seeds

Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
> 
> Yesterday I went out to the factory outlet mall in Tuscola, Illinois to
> pick up some things that I had been meaning to get for a while.
> 
> One of the things that I pass on the way out there is a huge warehouse-
> type structure owned by NK, formerly known as Northrup-King.  I was
> amazed to see that there's a big sign on the building's side now that
> says 'Novartis', but it still has the NK symbol.  This prompted me to
> do a little research on the Web, and it looks like Novartis is a merge
> between NK, Ciba, and two other companies.
> 
> The press release on their web site (
> 
>    http://www.nk.com/infosilo/news/single.html
> 
> ) seems to indicate that NK is focusing strictly on field crops.  Does
> this mean that they're dropping their flower and vegetable lines?  It
> sounds like it.  Flower seeds will be sold by S&G, and veggies will be
> under Rogers brand.
> 
> What does this mean?  Is it a good thing?  Just wondering if any of you
> more experienced seed people have anything to say about this.
> 
> Chris

I don't follow business mergers of seed companies, but I'll tell you
that I've been receiving commercial catalogs from Novartis for nearly a
year.  And they had a great booth at a Trade Show on the west coast last
year.  Actually, 2 booths were at one (huge) show.
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