Dryland Genetics

Dryland Genetics is a plant breeding company focused on proso millet, an ancient grain positioned by the company as a crop able to produce grain with comparatively low water requirements. The company develops and releases new proso millet varieties using modern breeding methods, with the stated aim of increasing yields for growers and expanding the crop's use in food for both people and animals.

The company organizes its activities around three audiences: growers, for whom it offers higher-yielding varieties; "makers," or downstream food and supply chain participants, for whom it positions proso millet as a sustainability-oriented ingredient and works to build supply chain infrastructure; and consumers, to whom it markets the grain as a nutritionally dense ancient grain. Its stated mission is to make proso millet a widely adopted crop choice among farmers and consumers internationally.

Business model

Development and commercialization of proprietary proso millet varieties, with associated supply chain development linking growers to downstream food buyers.