Allied Botanical Corp. was incorporated in 1984 with the purpose of breeding of hybrid sorghum seed for the Philippine market. The founders believe in the usefulness, versatility and potential of sorghum as a feed ingredient and substitute to corn, a cereal which the country was perpetually dependent on foreign sources. Being drought-tolerant, hardy, easy to grow, and high in protein, sorghum was the main focus of company’s R&D. This vision was embodied in the logo of Allied Botanical, depicting the sorghum plant covering the globe. In 1984 Allied Botanical Corp. set up its first breeding and seed production farm for hybrid grain sorghum in a leased farm in Barrio Anolid, Alcala, Pangasinan, the first commercial hybrid variety was called Advance 7202.