American Agriculture History Minute: Beginning of Helena Agra Enterprises

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute.

A small chemical manufacturing company opened its doors in 1957 in West Helena, Arkansas near the Mississippi River south of Memphis. Today the company is headquartered just outside Memphis and known as Helena Agri Enterprises and is one of the largest contract chemical manufacturers in the country, providing formulations and packaging services for other well-known brands in and out of agriculture. They now operate in 42 states and more than 6,000 employees. Helena Agri Enterprises.

That’s today’s American Agriculture History Minute. I’m Mark Oppold. Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next time.