Crop Protection Manufacturers Report: A Strategic Market Analysis of the U.S. Crop Protection Industry

Base Year: 2018
Published July 2019
Forecasts to 2023
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Base Year: 2019
To be Published 2nd Quarter 2020
Forecasts to 2024
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In 2019, low grain commodity prices continue to put pressure on growers to manage their input cost, including pesticides. While virtually all pesticide markets showed growth in 2018, it may not happen in 2019 due to the late planting that resulted from the heavy rains and flooding that occurred in the Spring. It will probably be some time before we know what impact the recent mergers will have on the crop protection industry. The impact will be shown in the assessment of the top 20 companies profiled in detail in the 2019 report.

This Report Will Help Subscribers to:

• Highlights into major decisions, actions, and company results for 2019
• A new list of suppliers after the M&A activities have settled down
• A review of the major drivers impacting the crop protection industry in 2019
• Events that have affected the performance of crop protection manufacturers in 2019
• Scenarios assessing the long term impact recent mergers will have on the crop protection industry
• Ag retailer highlights and strategies as this segment of the industry continues to evolve

Introduction

Executive Summary

• An Overview of Key Findings

Summary of 2019 U.S. Crop Protection Market:

• Highlights of major industry events 2019
• One page highlights of each profiled company
  — Net 2018 sales vs. 2019
  — Key events taking place in 2019
• Market actions
• Strategic initiatives
• New product launches
• Significant registrations
• Acquisitions and divestitures
• Distributor channel changes
• Total net 2019 sales–top 20 U.S. companies
  — Chemicals: agricultural crop markets
  — Seed: treatments and coatings
  — Seed: products
• 2019 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 2019-2024
  — 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: 2019-2024
  — Multiple scenario development of possible outcomes

Manufacturer Profiles
Detailed profiles of approximately 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 2018 vs. 2019
• Brands active ingredient, patent status, target markets
• Review of new marketing initiatives
• Company profitability by EBIT
• 2019 business activity
  — Sales group activity
  — Distribution direction
  — Research and technology
  — Manufacturing
• Five- and 10-year business outlook

This report provides a detailed independent assessment of the U.S. crop protection chemical market for 2019. Included in the report are approximately 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 2019
• 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 2019.

• Develop business strategies by understanding the trends and developments that are driving the U.S. crop protection industry
• Provide management an important tool to improve their perspective of the 2019 market situation and how events 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