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Our History

MAS Seeds is the seed division of Maïsadour Group. Here is a great story and our know-how.

A History

The seed branch of Maïsadour Group was created in 1949, few years after the creation of farmers co-operative in 1936 in south-west of France. The ambition was strong: create, produce and supply high-quality corn hybrids to a fast expanding French market. For 70 years, this adventure has continued with great success. MAS Seeds varieties have gradually been cultivated all over France and Europe, and now also in Asia, Americas and Africa. Yet we stay loyal to our founding values ​​and our close relationship with the farmers. Farmers who are not only our customers but also our cooperative members. This motivates our teams every day to develop solutions to increase farms’ sustainability and profitability while optimizing crop yield & quality.

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Nowadays, MAS Seeds has become an international seed company with activities not only in corn but also sunflower, oilseed rape and alfalfa and many others. With these new challenging ambitions, a total re-branding was done in 2018 with a new name and a new face, still attached to its history but better suited to the international platform and corresponding to our diverse business activities. 

1936

Constitution of the Blé des Landes Cooperative

1949

Beginning of seed production

1962

Creation of Maize R&D

1973

Blé des Landes Coopératives becomes Maïsadour Coopérative

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1981

Creation of Sunflower R&D

1989

Maïsadour begins its international development.

Subsidiary opening abroad

1989

Subsidiary opening in Germany

1990

Subsidiary opening in Italy

1991

Subsidiary opening in Benelux

1992

Subsidiary opening in Portugal and Spain

1999

Creation of Maïsadour Semences SA

2005

Subsidiary opening in Poland

2006

Inauguration of the R&D Center in Romania

2007

Subsidiary opening in Ukraine

2008

Subsidiary opening in Russia

2009

Subsidiary opening in Turkey

2010

Inauguration of the seed factory in Ukraine

2016

Purchase of SEMFOR in Italy and diversification portfolio

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2016

Launch of R&D center in Russia

2017

Creation of a Strategic Business Unit dedicated to "New Markets"

2018

Creation of MAS Seeds brand

 

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2018

Inauguration of a new R&D center in Borispol, Ukraine

2019

Subsidiary opening in Mexico

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Tropical Corn Germplasm acquisition

2020

Subsidiary opening in Ivory Coast

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Creation of R&D Center in Western Africa

2023

Our purpose : Act Together for a Changing Agriculture

act together for a changing agriculture purpose