HM-Clause Buys Campbell Soup Company’s Vegetable Seed Operations

HM-Clause has just acquired the vegetable seeds operations of Campbell Soup Company in Davis, CA, including the company’s research facility for vegetable breeding and seed development. In addition to breeding and developing vegetables seeds, the Agriculture Research Center sells seeds to farmers and growers around the world. The seeds operation has 19 full-time employees based in California, all of whom will join H.M. Clause.

Established in 1948, the Agricultural Research Center was originally charged with breeding tomatoes, peas, carrots, and potatoes. Today, the facility primarily focuses its research efforts on tomato and pepper breeding.

Matthew Johnston, HM-Clause CEO comments on this deal: “We are pleased to announce this acquisition, which will reinforce our existing efforts in tomato and pepper research. The team at Campbell’s Agricultural Research Center is highly respected with a strong reputation with their customers and we are very excited to welcome them to our organization. Working together, we expect the addition of these programs and staff from Campbell will allow us to continue serving the needs of our customers around the world and will accelerate the growth and expansion of our business.”

Harris Moran and Clause are brands of HM-Clause. HM-Clause is one of the Business Units of Limagrain. Limagrain is an international agricultural co-operative group, specializing in field seeds, vegetable seeds and cereal products.

For more information, go to www.harrismoran.com.