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
Warren Stephens	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob 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
Donald F Lamberti	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Larry McKibben, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Steven E Grubbs, David Young
Ken Griffin	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Greg Ganske, 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
Paul Singer	Chuck Grassley, Bob 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
Thomas E McInerney	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress
Sheldon Adelson	Chuck Grassley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Thomas J Tauke	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Steven E Grubbs, David Young
August A Busch III	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Bob 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
Frank R Brownell III	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Bob Dole, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Larry McKibben, Steven E Grubbs, David Young
Roy Pfautch	Elizabeth Dole, Greg Ganske, Bob 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
Stephen Schwarzman	Elizabeth Dole, 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
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
O Jay Tomson	Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Jo Martin	Chuck Grassley, Greg Ganske, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, David Young, Young for Iowa, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Duane R Roberts	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Latham, Greg Ganske, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, David Young, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Miriam Adelson	Elizabeth Dole, Chuck Grassley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Young for Iowa, Miller-Meeks for Congress
Barbara R Banke	Chuck Grassley, Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Party of Iowa, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, David Young, Miller-Meeks for Congress, Ashley Hinson For Congress, Ashley Hinson Arenholz
Stephen F Brauer	Bob 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
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

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Warren Stephens