May 9, 2009

In 1925, Jacob Hartz Sr. became a pioneer in soybean production when he arranged for the planting of the state’s first crop. Shortly afterward, he and business partner Alfred Thorell formed the Hartz-Thorell Supply Co. in Arkansas County, and, by 1927, they had built the state’s first seed cleaner. In 1936, they owned the state’s first seed-processing plant, located in Stuttgart (Arkansas County).

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