Our company is a partnership based on people, not capital, and our governance is rooted in the principles of cooperation. Cooperation is ingrained in us—it’s part of our DNA.

An agricultural cooperative is a company created and owned by farmers who pool their resources to enhance the value of their agricultural produce. The Cooperative members are its business partners, suppliers, and clients.

Cooperating means accomplishing together what we cannot do alone. This was what motivated the farmers who founded Limagrain in 1965. And it still drives all our parent company’s 1,300 farmer members—who are our shareholders.

As in every cooperative, the principle of one person, one vote applies within Limagrain’s governance. Unlike a company made up of capital, each member has the same voting power, regardless of how many shares they own. These shares—which cannot appreciate, be sold, or transferred—are an enduring collective asset for future generations.

At Limagrain, we’re a company of farmers working for farmers. That’s our governance model, and it has no equivalent among the world’s leading seed companies.