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Jeffries starts Ohio-based seed company

Chris Jeffries, who co-founded Seed Consultants in 1990, has announced the launch of his new seed venture Seed Genetics—DIRECT.

Jeffries says the new company will offer corn hybrids and soybean varieties for 2018 and will work directly with growers.  He says the company is designed to eliminate the middleman and help improve customer’s bottom line.

Seed Genetics—Direct will partner with Indiana-based Agricultural Research & Testing, which also has corn and soybean plots in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.

The company has 28 corn locations with more than 13,000 yield plots and about 10,000 soybean yield plots