February 2004:  We renewed our license for exclusive representation in Australia with the seed treatment company, Seed Solutions, of Carrum Downs, Victoria. Seed Solutions will use the MIR/Stressgard™ technology with vegetable and commodity crops.

November 2003:  President John Burke presented a paper on MIR/StressGuard™ at a joint annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America. Co-panelists with Mr. Burke included Paul Ayres, president of Germain's/IST; Roelf Weges head of research and development at Incotec International; Miller McDonald of Ohio State University and others.

June 2003:  Harris-Moran of Modesto, CA featured MIR/StressGuard™ technology in their company Seed Technology newsletter.

February 2003:  An automated treatment line is being installed at Langdon Brothers Seed in Hartford City, Indiana. Langdon Brothers will use it for their own seed as well as act as an outsource treater for other Midwestern seed companies.  This equipment with enhance one ton per hour of large seed.  Being located closer to the heart of the Corn Belt than our Michigan facility, this unit will substantially lessen transportation costs for other Midwestern customers.

February 2003:  We retained Lester Wolff Associates for representation with international bodies such as U.N. FAO, U.S. A.I.D., CIGIAR, etc.  as well as south Asian countries.  Former U.S. Congressman Wolff served for many years on the House Foreign Relations Committee and served under President Jimmy Carter as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

February 2003, Brazil:  We have begun a cooperative venture on a variety of crops with the Brazilian seed company Agristar.  Treatment machinery is currently being installed.

January 2003: ProSeed Technologies was featured on the back cover of Seed & Crops digest, the world's leading business magazine for the dynamic high-tech, value-added crops industry!

December 2002:  INCOTEC, the world's largest seed treatment company, signed an exclusive worldwide license for carrots. The first set of MIR machinery has already been installed at their international headquarters in The Netherlands. INCOTEC has additional treatment facilities in the U.S., Spain, Brazil, and Japan.

September 2002, China:  An MIR treatment facility has been established at Gwei Yang City, the capital of Gwei Zhou Province, with Jiang Horng Enterprises.

August 2002, United States:  A research license was granted to Sakata Seed America of Morgan Hill, California.

May 2002: Pro Seed Technologies welcomes the following new licensees:

• Steyer Seeds of Tiffin, Ohio

• Bakker Brothers Seed of Noord Scharwoude, Netherlands
  
  

April 2002:  Pro Seed Technologies signed a Joint Venture Agreement covering the European Union and Africa. Click here for more information.

December 4, 2000:  Pro Seed Technologies welcomes the following as new licensees offering MIR seed for sale in 2001:

• Hoegemeyer Hybrids, Hooper, Nebraska
  Crop: Hybrid field corn

• Langdon Brothers Seed, Hartford City, Indiana
  Crop: Sweet corn

• Corona Seed, Camarillo, CA
  Crop: Vegetables
  
  

June 1999:  Paper presented at the Florida State Horticultural Society 112 entitled Sweet Corn Seed Enhancement Increases Early Plant Fresh and Dry Weights and Yield," J.M. White, University of Florida

June/July 1998:  Seed & Crops Digest published article on MIR techology. Click here for the article.