Harry Stine Net Worth

His company also develops biotechnology and corn genetics. As a philanthropist Stine donates to the May Clinic and his alma matter McPherson College. Harry Stine is the richest man in Iowa. His companies account for 60% of all the U.S. soybean acreage. Stine started the first private soybean research and development company in the U.S., Improved Variety Research. In 1979 he started selling soybean seed under the Stine Soybean Seeds label. He started selling corn and soft red winter wheat in 1992. Harry is a member of the American Society of Agronomy and the American Seed Trade Association.