(Reuters) — Corteva expects low-single-digit percentage net sales growth through 2027, the U.S. agrichemicals firm said on Tuesday, banking on its exclusive seeds and crop chemical products. The top U.S. supplier of corn and soy seeds has invested heavily to improve the yields of its products as it bets on the long-term demand for food, […] Read more
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Durum variety designed for higher food fibre
Corteva’s new Trusource wheat is designed to be good for the gut, but farmers won’t have trouble stomaching another one of its virtues. It’s designed to be a premium product for a specialty market. “When there’s consumer demand and we can fulfil it, it creates value for the farmer,” said Loralee Orr of Corteva Agriscience, […] Read more
Chemical companies beat price-fixing lawsuit
REUTERS — A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing agriculture giants Bayer, Corteva, Syngenta and others of conspiring with wholesalers and retail outlets to fix prices for seeds and crop protection chemicals, causing farmers to pay higher prices. St. Louis-based U.S. District Judge Sarah Pitlyk ruled in mid-September that farmers and other plaintiffs failed […] Read more
Corteva showcases new BMR silage varieties at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
Glacier FarmMedia – Corteva Agrisciences is showcasing its new Bovalta brand of brown mid-rib silage corn hybrids at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show near Woodstock. The firm says the brand bring together the work and genetic legacy of the companies that merged to establish Corteva, (notably Pioneer Seeds) and sets a new standard for agronomics, standability […] Read more
Ag input sales at good levels in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Sales of agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and crop care products have been near normal in the United States despite lower grain prices, while they are not as good in South America, according to agricultural input producers. Executives from companies such as Mosaic, Bayer AG and Corteva said during last week’s […] Read more
Corteva beats expectations
REUTERS — Agricultural chemical and seed company Corteva beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit. Higher prices in its seeds business offset lower volumes and the company announced plans to repurchase nearly $1 billion shares in 2024. The Indianapolis-based company also forecast higher net sales in 2024, in the range of $17.4 to $17.7 billion, […] Read more
Novel auxin wages war on weeds
The good news for cereal growers is that Corteva has introduced a new active ingredient to fight broadleaf weeds. The bad news is it won’t be available until 2028. The new product is called Bexoveld, which Corteva says provides good control of broadleaf weeds, including key resistant species in cereal crops. At low rates Bexoveld […] Read more
New fungicide tackles resistance in pulses
Kirsten Ratzlaff of Corteva said the company’s new active ingredient, adavelt, is a florylpicoxamid/FRAC group 21 and the first broad-spectrum picolinamide fungicide for use against ascomycota pathogens.
