Gallatin Valley Seed Company Information

Gallatin Valley Seed Company continued to grow and focused its efforts in breeding, production and sales of garden beans, peas and snap peas under the leadership of Alden Hill, John Mueller, Dr. Calvin Lamborn, Dr. Paul Moser, Jim Krier, Doug McEwen, and Mrs. LaJoy Nielsen until 1992 when it was consolidated into Rogers Brothers Seed Company. Ron Johnson entered the picture in 1999 to acquire the name use rights to Gallatin Valley Seed Company to manage dry bean and pea production for Syngenta Seeds (Rogers Brand) and its Twin Falls, Idaho production. Syngenta seed announced its intent to sell its dry bean and pea programs including all pea varieties and the name and trademark "Gallatin Valley Seed Company. Ron Johnson purchased the Gallatin Valley Seed Company and the pea varieties from Syngenta Seeds, Inc. in December, 2008. Thus, Gallatin Valley Seed Company remains a vibrant and successful part of the pea seed industry. Ted Arnzen is our Director of Sales and Marketing. Ted has 24 years of experience in the large seed vegetable industry with a focus on processing. Ted's previous roles include Procurement Rep for pea, bean and sweet corn seed production; Production Research for seed procurement of large seeded vegetables; Product Development for peas, beans and sweet corn in the processing industry; Direct Sales and account management; Product Lead for Marketing of large seeded vegetable. Ted holds a Plant Science degree from U of I an a MBA from Boise State. Much of the history comes from "Peas That Please" article in the Montana: The Magazine of Western History. Article date July 1, 2008. Author Phyllis Smith. Gallatin Valley Seed, PO Box 190011, Boise ID 83719 | 208-288-5481