Richardson Seeds, Ltd., originally Richardson Seed Farms, has a long legacy in the hybrid sorghum industry dating back to 1941 when C.G. Richardson purchased the land on which the headquarters is located today. Around 1945, the first wooden granaries were built to store grain. The same year a portable grain cleaner was purchased and the following year C.G. began cleaning and storing grain for the neighbors, charging them for cleaning and storage. In 1949, the second generation of Richardson’s, Wayne, graduated high school and joined his dad in the farming and seed cleaning operation.