Remington Seeds

What Remington Seeds does

Remington Seeds is a privately held U.S. LLC and one of the largest third-party seed producers in the world, founded in 1983 by two farmers in Remington, Indiana. The company provides full-service seed production to seed companies and agricultural enterprises across four primary crops: corn, soybeans, sunflower, and sorghum (with wheat also serviced historically). Its service offering is organized into four pillars — Field Operations, Plant Operations, Technology, and Quality — covering the seed production lifecycle from grower collaboration through drying, conditioning, treating, packaging, and distribution.

Operationally, Remington runs an owned network of 30+ U.S. conditioning and distribution facilities concentrated in the Midwest (with additional sites in Texas, California, and Indiana) and extends its reach internationally through owned offices in Switzerland and Russia plus partner-operated sites in France (Mistral Semences), Romania (Moldova Seminte), Ukraine (Seed Corp), Argentina/Uruguay/Chile/Mexico (Satus Ager), and Brazil (Tecnoseeds). Its technology stack includes optical color sorting, high-pressure low-temperature drying, PLC-based processing, gravity-table separation, high-precision treating equipment, automated packaging lines, robotic palletizers, and a proprietary inventory and data system that transfers information to customers.

The business model is B2B services revenue, quote-based and negotiated per customer on the basis of crop, volume, and service scope, with no public pricing. Go-to-market is direct sales, supported by named regional crop leads across the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Russia. The company operates a Management Trainee Program to develop facility managers through multi-location, multi-crop rotations. No external funding rounds or institutional investors are disclosed; the company appears founder/family-owned, with only a small $553,351 U.S. Department of Agriculture award in 2024-06-26 on record.

Name

Remington Seeds

Legal name

Remington Seeds LLC

Website

https://remingtonseeds.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Remington Seeds is a privately held, third-party seed producer operating 40+ owned and partner facilities across the U.S. Midwest and 10+ countries. It provides full-service field-to-distribution seed production for corn, soybeans, sunflower, and sorghum to seed-company customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Seed Production Services

NAICS

Corn Farming (11115), Wheat Farming (111140)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Seed Production & Multiplication (Contract Growing, Foundation/Certified Seed) (AFABAFAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Seed Conditioning & Processing (Cleaning, Grading, Treating) (AFAGAIAH), Seed Distribution & Wholesale (Channel Sales) (AFAGAIAM), Row Crop Seeds (Corn, Soybean, Wheat, Rice, Cotton) (AFABAFAA)

Keywords

• Seed production services
• Seed conditioning and packaging
• Hybrid corn production
• Third-party seed producer
• Agricultural seed processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Olivia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices53 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Seed Production Services: Full-service seed production including field operations, plant operations (conditioning, packaging, distribution), and technology services. Remington Seeds provides end-to-end solutions for seed production across multiple crops and regions worldwide.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Remington Seeds is the largest third-party seed producer, providing full-service seed production solutions encompassing field operations, plant operations (drying, conditioning, treating, packaging, and distribution), and proprietary technology services. The company grows and processes hybrid corn, soybeans, sunflower, sorghum, and wheat seed for seed company customers across 40+ facilities in the US Midwest and internationally.

Product overview

Remington Seeds operates as a single unified platform providing full-service seed production solutions. The company offers four core service pillars: Field Operations (seed cultivation with top producers), Plant Operations (drying, conditioning, treating, packaging, and distribution), Technology Services (optical sorting, automated processing, robotic systems, and proprietary inventory management), and Quality Assurance. Remington Seeds produces four primary crops—Corn, Soybeans, Sunflower, and Sorghum—serving customers globally through approximately 40+ locations across the United States, Europe, Russia, Latin America, and South America. The company also offers a Management Trainee Program as a human resources initiative to develop future facility managers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Field Operations

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Satus AgercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018In 2018, Remington Seeds partnered with Satus Ager, a seed production company based in Argentina. This partnership expanded opportunities for customers in South America, providing additional production capacity and geographic coverage for seed production services across Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Mexico.
• TecnoseedscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Tecnoseeds for seed production operations in Brazil, with facilities in Ipuã (SP), Santa Helena de Goiás (GO), and Uberlândia (MG).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Corteva Agriscience: Global seed giant operating Pioneer and Brevant brands with vertically integrated corn and soybean seed production. Functions as both a major Remington customer and a potential competitor if production is brought in-house.
• Syngenta Group: Global seed and crop protection company with NK, Golden Harvest, and other seed brands operating integrated seed production. Comparable global scale and customer profile for contract production services.
• Bayer Crop Science: Global agricultural input company with Climate LLC and seed brands including DeKalb and Asgrow, maintaining large in-house seed production capacity. Major potential customer for contract production services in corn and soybean segments.

Direct peers

• AgReliant Genetics: Seed production company offering corn and soybean seed production services with conditioning facilities across the US Midwest. Comparable business model serving seed company customers with similar production and distribution capabilities.
• Beck's Hybrids: Family-owned US seed company with integrated seed production, conditioning, and distribution for corn and soybeans in the Midwest. Competes with Remington for third-party seed production capacity and customer relationships.
• Nuseed: Specialty seed producer focused on sunflower, sorghum, and canola with global operations including Argentina, US, and European footprint. Direct overlap with Remington's sunflower and sorghum production capabilities and Latin American expansion strategy.
• Star Seed Inc: US-based contract seed producer offering seed production, conditioning, and distribution services to seed companies across row crops. Direct competitor in the same third-party seed production niche with similar Midwest US footprint.

Others

• WinField United (Land O'Lakes): Agricultural retail and seed distribution cooperative serving farmers with seed, crop protection, and agronomy services. Adjacent ecosystem participant connecting contract seed producers like Remington to end-user distribution channels.

Emerging players

• Heritage Seeds: Independent US seed production company offering conditioning and distribution for corn and soybean seed. Smaller-scale competitor with overlapping customer base in Midwest seed production services.
• Channel Bio (CPS): US seed brand under Corteva with seed production operations across the Midwest. Overlapping customer profile and production capabilities for corn and soybean seed conditioning and distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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