U.S. Seed Companies

Plant Breeding

There are many employment opportunities in plant breeding. Many of our plant breeding faculty work with seed company plant breeders to solve production problems and provide new plant breeders for their programs.

The following seed companies have plant breeders developing products for markets in the U.S.

For information on the industry itself, see ASTA or Seedquest.

• Abbott and Cobb
• Agrisale
• Agritope
• American Meadows
• American Seed Exchange
• American Takii
• Ampac Seed Co.
• Applewood Seed Co.
• Baily Seed Co.
• Ball Horticultural Co.
• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
• Bakker Brothers
• Barenburg Seed
• Beck's Hybrid
• Bejo Seeds
• Bethlehem Seed Co.
• BHN Seed
• Bodger Seeds
• Bonanza Seed International
• Brett-Young Seeds
• Burpee Seed
• Burrell Seeds
• California Asparagus Seed and Transplants
• Carolina Gourds
• Champion Seeds
• Corona Seeds, Inc
• Daehnfeldt Seed
• Delta and Pine Land
• Denali Seed Co.
• Ed Hume Seeds
• Emerald Seed Co.
• Express Seed Co.
• Ferry-Morse Seed Co.
• Garst Seed Co.
• Germania Seed Co.
• Golden Harvest Seed
• Golden Valley Seed
• Goldsmith Seeds
• Harris Moran
• Hazera Quality Seed
• Heirloom Seeds
• Hollar & Co.
• Jelitto Perennial Seeds
• Johnny's Selected Seeds
• J. W. Jung Seed Co.
• Ledden Brothers Inc.
• Monsanto
• Mycogen Seed
• New England Seed Co.
• Nichols Garden Nursery
• Nicklow's Vegetables
• Novaflora
• Orsetti Seeds
• PanAmerican Seed
• Park Seed Co.
• Paul Ecke Ranch
• Penn State Seed Co.
• Pinetree Garden Seeds
• Pioneer Hi-Bred
• Plant Sciences Inc.
• P & P Seed Co.
• QualiVeg Seed
• Redwood City Seed
• Sakata Seeds
• Seedway
• Seeds of Change
• Seminis Vegetable Seeds
• Shamrock Seed Co.
• Shepherd's Garden Seeds
• Siegers Seed Co.
• Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
• Stokes Seeds
• Sugar Creek Seed
• Sunseeds
• Syngenta
• Territorial Seed Co.
• United Genetics Seeds
• Veseys Seed
• Victory Seed Co.
• Virtual Seeds
• Vis Seeds
• Weeks Seed Co.
• Western Hybrid Seeds
• Willhite Seed