In 2017, low grain commodity prices continue to put pressure on grower management on treatments and cost of pesticides. Pesticide markets remained relatively flat, with some growth in herbicides. Planted acres of corn, cotton, pulse, and rice crops were up 6.8%, 17.4%, 17.0%, and 20%, respectively, while cereals, sorghum, and sunflowers were down 13.3%, 20.9%, and 14.1%, respectively. M&A continued moving forward with some product lines being spun off by majors to meet regulatory hurdles, including FMC acquiring some of DuPont’s crop protection business in 2017.

This Report Helps Subscribers to:

• Highlights into major decisions, actions, and company results for 2017
• New list of industry suppliers as M&A activity is constantly changing the supplier landscape.
• A review of the major drivers impacting the crop protection industry in 2017
• Events that have affected the performance of crop protection manufacturers in 2017
• Scenarios assessing potential impact on companies, products, technologies and industry structure to 2022 and beyond
• Ag retailer highlights and strategies as this segment of the industry continues to evolve

Report Contents

Introduction

Executive Summary

• An Overview of Key Findings

Summary of 2017 U.S. Crop Protection Market:

• Highlights of major industry events 2017
• One page highlights of each profiled company
  — Net 2016 sales vs. 2017
  — Key events taking place in 2017
• Market actions
• Strategic initiatives
• New product launches
• Significant registrations
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Distributor channel changes
• Total net 2017 sales–top 20 U.S. companies
  — Chemicals: agricultural crop markets
  — Seed: treatments and coatings
  — Seed: products
• 2017 industry sales by product groups
  — Herbicides
  — Insecticides
  — Fungicides
  — Plant growth regulators
  — Fumigants, others
  — Seed treatment
  — Seed traits

Strategic Change Drivers

• Overview of principal change drivers 2017-2022
  — Distribution channel restructuring
  — Branded vs. private label vs. generic products
  — New and emerging technologies
  — Growing number of short manufacturers
• Potential scenarios by company
  — Likely sales impacts from change drivers
  — Company sales outlooks: 2017-2022
  — Multiple scenario development of possible outcomes

Manufacturer Profiles
Detailed profiles of 20 leading research-based and generic crop protection manufacturers, including the following information:

• Global business and sales
• Global crop protection sales
• U.S. crop protection business
• U.S. crop protection sales and product details by:
  — Herbicides
  — Insecticides
  — Fungicides
  — Plant growth regulators/other
  — Seed treatment
• Sales 2016 vs. 2017
• Brands active ingredient, patent status, target markets
• Review of new marketing initiatives
• Company profitability by EBIT
• 2017 business activity
  — Sales group activity
  — Distribution direction
  — Research and technology
  — Manufacturing
• Five- and 10-year business outlook

Scope & Benefits

This report provides a detailed independent assessment of the U.S. crop protection chemical market for 2017. Included in the report are 20 detailed profiles of the leading branded and generic crop protection chemical manufacturers operating in the United States.

• Detailed profiles of major research-based manufacturers
• Profile of leading generic chemical manufacturers
• Highlights into current company performances, including manufacturers’ sales by product type and active ingredient
• Section highlighting major decisions, actions and results in 2017
• Strategic change drivers impacting the crop protection industry
• List of 600+ product brands and active ingredients
• Patent status and target market for each brand
• Product detail by seed traits
• Highlights that provide insight into current company performance

This report provides marketing managers with a reliable assessment of the overall performance of the U.S. crop protection industry in 2017.

• Develop business strategies by understanding the trends and developments that are driving the U.S. crop protection industry
• Provide a management tool to improve their perspective of the 2017 market situation and how the current situation may unfold over the next five years
• Understand the impact of generic manufacturers and their products
• View of the market from biotech seed traits perspective
• Understand importance of key active ingredients to manufacturers portfolio
• Seed treatment sales and market strategy by supplier