Sakata Seed de México celebrated its 30th anniversary as a seed developer in August. The organization represents the Mexico arm of Sakata, a vegetables and ornamental plant genetic developer with a presence in more than 30 countries with a focus on research and production centers, according to a news release.
“We are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sakata Seed de México, and we are very proud of our trajectory,” Dave Armstrong, president and CEO of Sakata Seed America, said in the release. “We are currently leaders in several crops in Mexico, like broccoli, and this has been thanks to many growers, packers, processors and dealers who have helped us achieve these results.”
Sakata Seed de México is developing new crops such as hot peppers, lettuce and melons, Armstrong continued.
“Mexico has great growth potential due to its competitive advantages — mainly its highly-skilled workforce and its weather — which allows it to produce all year round,” Armstrong said.
Sakata said that it seeks to meet different market needs and do research at the local level with the support of a global corporation.
“We started in 1993 in Celaya, Guanajuato with just three employees and are now a market leading company with more than 100 employees, including workers from our experiment stations in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and Yurécuaro, Michoacán,” Mauricio Pineda, director of Sakata Seed of México, said in the release.
Sakata Seed de México now has a network of 40 dealers in Mexico, two experimental stations with genetic improvement programs and is the market leaders in several crops, Pineda continued.
“We have a new generation of broccoli, chilies and tomatoes that is very important to us, in addition to our line of cool-weather crops such as cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, cilantro and radishes, and we are launching new tomatoes, melons, bell peppers, lettuce and hot chilies,” he said in the release.
Now in its 110th year, Sakata Seed Corp. says it has been dedicated to the research, development and trade of plants and seeds. What started as a small business of buying and selling materials between Japan and Europe has become one of the leading global companies in the vegetable and ornamental seeds market, according to the release. The leadership built on the company’s commitment to relationships with farmers, marketers, distributors and getting to know the needs and trends of the market through the response and launch of innovative products, the release said.
