LittleSis: Harry Stine

Seed genetics entrepreneur Harry Stine has built the richest fortune in Iowa on a small farm outside of Des Moines. Stine grew up the son of a hardscrabble farmer and began dabbling in seed breeding in the 1960s. Dyslexic and mildly autistic, but a savant with math and data, Stine quietly built some of the most genetically robust and highest-yielding soybean seeds in the industry. He was one of the first to patent the genetics of the soybean in the early 1990s and, as a savvy businessman and formidable negotiator, landed lucrative deals licensing the genetics to industry heavyweights like Monsanto and DuPont. Stine Seed still reaps millions annually from these contracts. It develops corn genetics and biotechnology traits for the seed industry as well. Harry Stine's current passion project is starting to take root with corn growers and could revolutionize the corn industry: seeds bred to thrive when they are densely planted, dramatically increasing farmers' harvests. A farm-boy born with an entrepreneurial bug, he owns a small home a couple hundred yards from work and drives a Ford F-150 to the Stine Seed headquarters, where his four children work as well. He's an avid table tennis player and enjoys hunting morel mushrooms. He donates to his alma mater, McPherson College, as well as to the Mayo Clinic.

Donor	Common Recipients
John L Nau III	Chuck Grassley, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
James Derderian	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Augusta Petrone	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Larry McKibben
Frederick Hitchcock	Elizabeth Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Dick Uihlein	Chuck Grassley, Greg Ganske, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Ken Kendrick	Chuck Grassley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Richard M. DeVos, Jr.	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young
Anthony Marlowe	Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Sam Kalainov	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Larry McKibben, David Young
Fred D Wells	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Steven E Grubbs
Robert A Burnett	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Larry McKibben, Steven E Grubbs
Susan Groff	Elizabeth Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Kelly Roberts	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Young, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
J Allen Martin	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Trevor Rees-Jones	Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Mary Vermeer Andringa	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Steven E Grubbs
David L Sokol	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa
Doug DeVos	Thomas Latham, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Stephen Weiss	Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
John Pappajohn	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Steven E Grubbs, David Young

Donor

Common Recipients

John L Nau III

Chuck Grassley, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz

James Derderian

Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz

Augusta Petrone

Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Larry McKibben

Frederick Hitchcock

Elizabeth Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz

Dick Uihlein

Chuck Grassley, Greg Ganske, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz