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By building direct-to-farmer distribution for proprietary seed treatments and biologicals across the U.S. Corn Belt, Eviston has turned Meristem into one of America's fastest-growing independent agricultural inputs companies — winning the 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Industrials and Energy Award in the process.
Mitchell Eviston founded Meristem Crop Performance Group, an Iowa-based agricultural inputs and crop performance company serving farmers across the U.S.
Corn Belt with proprietary seed treatments, biologicals, and crop protection products. Meristem has built direct-to-farmer distribution channels competing with the large multinational agribusiness distributors that dominate the category. Eviston was named the 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Industrials and Energy Award winner.
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