Get updates of all things Iowa politics delivered to your inbox. Stine, 82, grew up the son of a successful farmer in Adel, a town of roughly 6,000 people near Des Moines. Stine owns Stine Seeds ...

Iowa's richest person is Harry Stine, CEO of Stine Seed ... Over the years, the Adel-based business expanded into seed genetics, developing higher-yielding soybean varieties.