History of Dow, DuPont and Pioneer

Corteva Agriscience™ is founded on the rich heritages of Dow, DuPont and Pioneer. Discover our history and evolution.

Farmer Planting Crop

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2018
Corteva
Corteva Agriscience, agriculture division of DowDuPont
Corteva Agriscience™

Corteva Agriscience, agriculture division of DowDuPont™, brand unveiled.

2015
DowDuPont
Two men shaking hands
Merger of equals

Dow and DuPont announce a definitive agreement under which the companies will merge, then subsequently spin off into three independent companies.

2011
DuPont
Factory workers making cheese
Danisco acquired

DuPont acquires Danisco, a world-leading company in nutrition and health and industrial biosciences.

2002
DuPont
Chinese Pioneer workers in factory
Pioneer enters China

Pioneer enters into a joint venture to market seed corn in China.

1897
Dow
Old Herbert Henry Dow headshot
The Dow Chemical Company is founded

Electrochemical pioneer and unsinkable optimist, H.H. “Crazy Dow” Dow, founds Dow Chemical Company, a one-product start-up that would rewrite history.

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1802
DuPont
Portrait of du Pont
E.I. du Pont

With his first powder mill, E.I. du Pont establishes the iconic company that bears his name, on the banks of the Brandywine River

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