The Time is Right to Plant the Headquarters Here
Iowa’s fertile ground, innovative farmers and tight-knit agriculture industry means this is not only the best place to plant high-yielding crops, but also where successful agriculture businesses are based. Join us in urging Corteva Agriscience to come home and plant its headquarters here.
Iowa ‘digs in’ on its suitability for Corteva HQ
A new kind of billboard message – field art – makes a statement for why Corteva’s seed business HQ should be in Iowa.
Strong Roots, Bright Future
Iowa is ready to welcome Corteva’s seed business headquarters back to the state. Governor Kim Reynolds shares the innovation, agricultural leadership, business climate and talent advantage Iowa offers.
Headquarters Matter
It may not be obvious why the location of a few hundred corporate-level jobs is so important, but headquarters locations influence everything from community leadership and investments to business culture and efficiency.
The Case Keeps Building
Leaders in business, bioscience, agriculture and the greater community share why Iowa is the right place for Corteva’s seed business headquarters.
Check out the numbers, Iowa has high yields – and not just in our farm fields.
Productivity
Iowa is No. 1 for producing corn, eggs, hogs, ethanol and biodiesel and No. 2 in soybean production.
The economic value of Iowa’s agriculture industry increased 34% over the last five years, accounting for nearly one-quarter of Iowa’s economy.
About one-in-five Iowa jobs are in agriculture or a related industry.
Innovation
Iowa is used to being first – when Henry Wallace started Pioneer in 1926, it was the nation’s first hybrid seed company.
More than 7,000 patents were awarded for Iowa-based food and agriculture innovation between 2015 and 2021.
Iowa is a top five U.S. state for patents in novel plant varieties and in the top 10 for plant genetics.
Talent
Iowa is No. 2 in four-year college graduation rates and nearly one-third of Iowans hold a bachelor’s degree or higher.
At 67.5%, the state’s workforce participation rate is the sixth highest in the nation.
Iowa is home to the second-highest concentration of agriculture technicians in the country.
Make Your Voice Heard
In some places, Corteva would be just another business and not even one of the larger, more notable ones. But in Iowa, Corteva exemplifies who we are as a state of food and agriculture experts working together to feed the world.
Sign the petition to show company leadership that Iowa wants Corteva’s headquarters here.
Signatures Collected: 728
About this Initiative
This effort is brought to you by a coalition of state, business and agriculture industry leaders who know Iowa is the best place to be planted for global success. If you want to join in spreading the word, request a toolkit by emailing plantthehqhere@gmail.com.
