Sam Eathington

EIDP, Inc. engages in the provision of science-based products and services. It operates through the Seed and Crop Protection segments. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms around the world. The Crop Protection segment serves the global agricultural input industry with products that protect against weeds, insects and other pests, and disease, and that improve overall crop health both above and below ground via nitrogen management and seed-applied technologies. The company was founded by Eleuthere Irenee du Pont in 1802 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, IN.

Monsanto Co. engages in the provision of agricultural products to farmers. It provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. The company was founded by John F. Queeny in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

The Climate Corp. develops solutions for farming operations. Its products include FieldView Pro, FieldView Plus and FieldView Prime. The firm's proprietary climate FieldView platform combines hyper-local weather monitoring, agronomic modeling, and high-resolution weather simulations to deliver climate FieldView products, mobile SaaS solutions that help farmers improve profitability by making better informed operating and financing decisions. The company was founded by Siraj Khaliq and David Friedberg in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.