Pullman seed firm sells to Dow

A major national crop chemical and biotech company is moving into Whitman County, as Dow AgroSciences announced it has purchased Northwest Plant Breeding at Pullman.

Kay Kuenker, vice president of Dow AgroSciences, an offshoot of the Dow Chemical Company, said the purchase gives Dow a foothold in the Pacific Northwest with which the companny can expand its wheat seed program.

The Northwest Plant Breeding assets provide a research station, germplasm, several active patents and plant variety protections. Two years ago Dow purchased a major Canadian private wheat breeding company, Hyland Seeds, a...