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Contents
02 Top 20 companies grow in 2018
05 Bayer pro forma agchem sales down 5% in Q2
11 Syngenta crop protection sales down 6% in first half
17 BASF ag solutions sales up 20% in second quarter
19 Corteva agchem sales flat in Q2
23 FMC sales up 4.5% in second quarter
24 UPL first-quarter sales up 7%
29 Adama agchems down 5% in Q2
32 Crop Science Awards 2019 – Shortlist
34 Crop Science Awards 2019 – Curtain Raiser
48 Sumitomo agchem sales dip in 2018/19
49 ISK agchem sales down 7% in 2018/19
50 Nissan agchem sales down 10% in Q1
50 Isagro agchems fall 10% in second quarter
51 Amvac’s agchem sales up 2% in Q2
53 MBI sales up 22% in Q2
54 Low-risk ais in the EU: Slow but sure progress

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 Top 20 companies
grow in 2018
All of the top 20 agrochemical companies
recorded higher sales in dollars in 2018,
with only Sumitomo Chemical dipping in
reporting currency terms. The biggest
mover was FMC with a nearly 70%
increase in revenues due to the
acquisition of substantial crop protection
assets from Corteva Agriscience legacy
company DuPont. FMC became a pure
play agrochemical business during the
year and joined the elite top five R&D-
based multinationals. Pro forma sales
were up by 11%.
ChemChina’s subsidiary, Syngenta,
remained the largest business but sales
were not precisely comparable with
Bayer’s due to the exclusion of seed
treatments from the latter’s crop
protection sales figure. Syngenta posted
a 7.2% rise in crop protection sales to
$9.9 billion. The company saw gains
for all product categories, with a
double-digit percentage gain for its
insecticide business.
The acquisition of Monsanto boosted
Bayer’s Crop Science division’s crop
protection (excluding seed treatments)
sales by around 26% in euros and dollars.
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Sales were flat on a pro forma basis, as if
the acquisition of Monsanto and the
divestment of business to BASF had taken
place on January 1st 2017.
BASF’s agrochemical sales grew by about
3% in euros and dollars. The Functional
Crop Care division, comprising seed
treatments and biological products, led
growth with a 52% rise.
A reconciliation of DowDuPont’s
agriculture division sales to those of
Corteva pointed to a 4.2% rise in pro
forma crop protection revenues to
$6.4 billion.
ChemChina subsidiary Adama posted
an 11% increase in agrochemical sales.
The company saw gains in all regions,
with a 25% increase in total revenues
(including non-agrochemical products) in
Latin America.
The acquisition of Arysta LifeScience by
UPL boosted the Indian company’s
agrochemical revenues by a quarter in
rupees and by 19% in dollar terms. Legacy
business (including seed) sales were up by
14% in rupees. There was growth in all
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America up by a quarter.
Sumitomo’s agrochemicals
sales slipped by 0.2% in yen
terms but were up by 2%
in dollars. Sales were held
back by adverse weather
conditions in North America
and adverse exchange rates
for the Brazilian real and
the Indian rupee.
Growth in all regions except
Australia/New Zealand boosted
Nufarm’s agrochemical sales
by 6% in Australian dollars
and 4% in US dollars. The
acquisition of a range of
products from FMC and the
ChemChina subsidiaries,
Syngenta and Adama,
contributed to revenues.
Companies below the top
nine have agrochemical
sales more than $1 billion
less than those above. Eight
of them were Chinese
companies of which five
posted double-digit
increases last year. Zheijang
Wynca Chemical returned
to the top 20 with growth of
more than 40% while Lier
Chemical made it into the
ranking with a 30% gain.
Nanjing Red Sun and
Yangnong Chemical each
posted increases of about
20% while Leshan Fuhua
Tongda Agro Chemical
Technology saw a 10% rise.
Beijing Nutrichem, Shandong
Weifang Rainbow and
Liangyungan Liben Crop
Science and Technology
recorded single-digit gains.
The only Japanese
companies in the lower half
of the ranking were again
Kumiai Chemical and Nissan
Chemical. Both recorded
double-digit gains in dollars,
with Kumiai ahead by 27%.
Italy-based Sipcam retained
its place in the ranking with
a 2% euro or 3% dollar-
based increase.
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Agrochemical sales1 of the leading companies
2018 (2017) Company $ million2 Reported % %
ranking currency change change
million $ reported
1 (1) Syngenta3,4 9,909 $9,909 +7.2 +7.2
(9,244) ($9,244)
2 (2) Bayer Crop Science5 9,641 €8,163 +26.5 +26.1
(7,622) (€6,476)
3 (3) BASF6 6,916 €5,856 +3.2 +2.8
(6,704) (€5,696)
4 (4) Corteva Agriscience7 6,445 6,445 +4.2 +4.2
(6,184) (6,184)
5 (7) FMC 4,285 $4,285 +69.3 +69.3
(2,531) ($2,531)
6 (6) Adama3 3,617 $3,617 +11.0 +11.0
(3,259) ($3,259)
7 (9) UPL8,9 2,741 Rs 187,770 +19.4 +25.1
(2,296) (Rs 150,060)
8 (8) Sumitomo Chemical8 2,538 ¥278,90 9 +2.0 -0.2
(2,487) (¥279,484)
9 (10) Nufarm10 2,332 Aus$3,122 +4.4 +6.1
(2,234) (Aus$2,943)
10 (12) Beijing Nutrichem 937 Yuan 6,190 +1.4 +1.1
(923) (Yuan 6,122)
11 (14) Nanjing Red Sun11 890 Yuan 5,883 +20.5 +20.1
(739) (Yuan 4,898)
12 (15) Kumiai Chemical12 881 ¥96,846 +27.3 +24.5
(693) (¥77,817)
13 (13) Shandong Weifang Rainbow 809 Yuan 5,344 +3.6 +3.3
(780) (Yuan 5,174)
14 (17) Yangnong Chemical11 787 Yuan 5,202 +19.6 +19.2
(658) (Yuan 4,364)
15 (16) Leshan Fuhua Tongda Agro- 721 Yuan 4,763 +10.7 +10.3
Chemical Technology (651) (Yuan 4,318)
16 (-) Zheijang Wynca Chemical 665 Yuan 4,393 +46.0 +45.5
(455) (Yuan 3,019)
17 (-) Lier Chemical 605 Yuan 4,001 +30.3 +29.9
(465) (Yuan 3,081)
18 (19) Nissan Chemical8,13 571 ¥62,724 +10.3 +7.9
(517) (¥58,138)
19 (-) Lianyungang Liben Crop 561 Yuan 3,705 +4.2 +3.9
Science and Technology (538) (Yuan 3,567)
20 (18) Sipcam-Oxon 544 €461 +2.6 +2.2
(531) (€451)
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unless otherwise stated; 2 converted using average annual exchange rates for 2018 and 2017; 3 owned by ChemChina; 4 excludes turf, landscape &
professional product sales of $504 million in 2018 and $495 million in 2017, and seed and trait sales of some $3,004 million in 2018 and $2,826
million in 2017; 5 2017 figure restated – excludes undisclosed seed treatment sales and environmental science sales of €732 million in 2018 and €671
million in 2017; 6 excludes seed and trait sales of €300 million in 2018; 7 2017 pro forma results as if DuPont and Dow Chemical merged on January
1st 2016 - excludes seed and trait sales of $7,842 million in 2018 and $8,056 million in 201; 8 year ended March 31st 2018/19; 9 excludes seed and
chemical sales of Rs 30,600 million in 2018 and Rs 23,720 million in 2017; 10 year ended July 31st 2017/18 – excludes seed technology sales of
Aus$186 million in 2018 and Aus$169 million in 2017; 11 2017 figure restated; 12 year ended October 31st 2017/18; 13 includes undisclosed veterinary
product sales.
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Bayer pro forma agchem
sales down 5% in Q2
Bayer’s Crop Science division’s pro forma
crop protection sales fell by 5.1% to €2,367
million ($2,670 million at the current rate)
in the second quarter of 2019, while
reported sales increased by 15.5% to
€2,386 million ($2,692 million). Those
results do not include revenues from
seed treatments, which are posted within
“other” business along with rice and
oilseed rape products.
The pro forma figures present changes as
if the Monsanto acquisition in June 2018
and the divestments to BASF had taken
place on January 1st 2018.
Pro forma herbicide and fungicide sales fell.
The former fell by 9.2% to €1,319 million
and the latter by 7.2% to €659 million.
Insecticides bucked the trend, registering
an 18.2% rise to €389 million. On a

Bayer’s pro forma crop protection sales by category (€ million)

1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
($ million)1 ($ million)1
Herbicides 2,757 (3,111) -3.4 2,663 (3,004)

Fungicides 1,437 (1,621) -5.6 1,357 (1,531)

Insecticides 627 (707) +15.5 724 (817)

Total2 4,821 (5,439) -1.6 4,744 (5,352)

Second qtr

Herbicides 1,454 (1,640) -9.2 1,319 (1,488)

Fungicides 710 (801) -7.2 659 (743)

Insecticides 329 (371) +18.2 389 (439)

Total2 2,493 (2,813) -5.1 2,367 (2,670)

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portfolio- and currency-adjusted basis, Bayer’s reported crop protection sales by category (€ million)
herbicides were down by 11.4%, fungicides
1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
by 7.4%, while insecticides were up by 17.1%.
($ million)1 ($ million)1
On a reported basis, herbicides rose by Herbicides 1,828 (2,062) +48.2 2,710 (3,058)
30.1% €1,337 million, but dipped 1.5% on
a portfolio and currency-adjusted basis. Fungicides 1,437 (1,621) -5.5 1,358 (1,532)
Fungicides fell by 6.8% (-7.3%) to €661
Insecticides 628 (709) +15.3 724 (817)
million, while insecticides rose by 17.9%
(+16.3%) to €388 million. Total2 3,893 (4,392) +23.1 4,792 (5,406)

First half crop protection Second qtr

Pro forma herbicide and fungicide sales
also fell for the first six months, the former
by 3.4% (-5.1%) to €2,663 million and the
latter by 5.6% (-5.9%) to €1,357 million.
Insecticides almost made up the gap, rising
by 15.5% (+14.6%) to €724 million.
But first-half reported sales show a more
Herbicides 1,028 (1,160) +30.1 1,337 (1,508)
Fungicides 709 (800) -6.8 661 (746)
Insecticides 329 (371) +17.9 388 (438)
Total2 2,066 (2,331) +15.5 2,386 (2,692)
1
at the current rate; does not include seed treatment sales.
2

generous picture. Herbicides rose by almost

half or 48.2% (+3.5%) to €2,710 million,
and insecticides by 15.3% (+14.5%) to
€724 million. Fungicides slid by 5.5% (-6%)
to €1,358 million.
The Monsanto acquisition has propelled
Bayer into becoming the world’s major
seed company, which is underlined by
reported growth of several multiples on
some businesses.
Second quarter seed
Second-quarter seed and trait sales fell on
a pro forma basis by 12.1% to €1,601
million. On a reported basis, sales were up
almost four-fold to €1,600 million.
Pro forma sales of maize seed and traits
were 2% down at €941 million. For
soybeans, pro forma business slid 29.7% to
€482 million, while the vegetable seed
business was up 1.7% at €178 million.
New business boosted reported revenues
for maize and soybeans, while reported
sales for vegetable seeds rose by 39%.
The non-crop pesticide Environmental
Science business rose by 1.4% on a pro
forma basis to €287 million. They were up
by 56.3% on a reported basis to €286
million. Pro-forma sales of other products
including seed treatments and other seeds
rose by 12% to €1,085 million, and by
46.2% to €516 million on a reported basis.
First half seed
First-half seed and trait sales fell on a pro
forma basis fell by 3.9% to €4,746 million.
On a reported basis, sales were up over
seven-fold.
Pro forma sales of maize seed and traits
were up 2.5% at €3,315 million. For
soybeans, pro forma business slid 19.7% to
€1,085 million, while the vegetable seed
business lost 1.4% at €346 million. The
Monsanto legacy business boosted reported
sales of maize and soybeans, while reported
sales for vegetables seeds rose by 27.2%.
Environmental Science business rose by
2.6% on a pro forma basis to €535 million.
Sales were up by 81.1% on a reported basis
to €538 million. Pro forma sales of other
products including seed treatments and
other seeds inched up to €501 million, and
rose by 12% to €1,156 million on a
reported basis.
The new businesses swelled reported sales
for seeds and traits.
Crop Science
The Crop Science division posted a 59%
reported sales increase to €4,788 million in
the second quarter. That was largely due to
a positive portfolio effect of 61% on the

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acquisition of Monsanto of some €2,320 Seed, seed treatment and non-crop pesticide pro forma
million less the pro-rated contribution from sales (€ million)
the divested businesses in the prior-year
period (€484 million). Pro forma sales were 1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
down by 6.6% at €4,758 million. ($ million)1 ($ million)1
Maize seed and trait 3,235 (3,650) +2.5 3,315 (3,740)
The business was significantly impacted by
extreme weather conditions in the second Soybean seed and trait 1,352 (1,525) -19.7 1,085 (1,224)
quarter, Bayer notes. In particular, there
was flooding and heavy rains in the US Vegetable seed 351 (396) -1.4 346 (390)
Mid-West along with drought in large parts Total Seed2 4,938 (5,571) -3.9 4,746 (5,355)
of Europe and in Canada. The company
also cites suffering blows from the Environmental Science 521 (588) +2.6 535 (604)
US-China trade dispute.
Other3 961 (1,084) +12.9 1,085 (1,224)
Sales were down by 3.1% after adjusting
Second qtr
for currency and portfolio effects, with the
acquired business only affecting the period Maize seed and trait 961 (1,084) -2.1 941 (1,062)
from June 7th to June 30th.
Soybean seed and trait 686 (774) -29.7 482 (544)
Volumes were down 3.4%, while prices
Vegetable seed 175 (197) +1.7 178 (201)
inched 0.3% higher and currency
movements were favourable by 1.1%. For Total Seed2 1,822 (2,056) -12.1 1,601 (1,806)
the six months, volumes added 0.1%, prices
1% and currency effects 0.7%. The portfolio Environmental Science 283 (319) +319.3 287 (324)
changes added an 89.5% boost to business.
Other3 497 (561) +0.8 501 (565)
Quarterly earnings before interest, tax, 1
at the current rate; does not include oilseed rape seed businesses; includes seed treatments as well as
2 3

depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) oilseed rape seed businesses.

rose by 66.9% before special items to

€1,075 million. After special items, EBITDA
added 165.4% to €974 million. The margin
before special items rose from 21.4% to Seed, seed treatment and non-crop pesticide reported sales
22.5%. EBIT before special items fell by 5%
(€ million)
to €405 million. It doubled after special
items to €304 million. 1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
($ million)1 ($ million)1
Divisional sales for the first half jumped by
Maize seed and trait 172 (194) +1,827.3 3,315 (3,740)
91% (+1.1%) to €11,232 million. On a pro
forma basis, sales fell by 1.2% (-4.6%) to Soybean seed and trait 206 (232) +426.7 1,085 (1,224)
€11,112 million.
Vegetable seed 272 (307) +27.2 346 (390)
For the six months, EBITDA doubled
Total Seed2 650 (733) +630.2 4,746 (5,355)
(+101.5%) before special items to €3,397
million. After special items, EBITDA almost Environmental Science 297 (335) +81.1 538 (607)
doubled (+98.7%) to €2,678 million. The
margin before special items rose from 28.7% Other3 1,032 (1,164) +12.0 1,156 (1,304)
to 30.2%. EBIT before special items was ups
by 46.2% to €2,019 million. After special Second qtr
items, it climbed by 24.9% to €1,300 million.
Maize seed and trait 134 (151) +602.2 941 (1,062)

Regions
Divisional sales in North America more than
doubled (up by 120%) to €2,397 million.
That included a portfolio effect of €1,438
million. After portfolio and other effects,
sales declined 13.5% largely due to
weather, the company says.
Sales in the Europe /Middle East/Africa
business region rose by 11% on a
Soybean seed and trait 147 (166) +227.2 481 (543)
Vegetable seed 128 (144) +39.1 178 (201)
Total Seed2 409 (461) +291.2 1,600 (1,805)
Environmental Science 183 (206) +56.3 286 (323)
Other3 353 (398) +46.2 516 (582)
1
at the current rate; 2 does not include oilseed rape seed businesses; 3 includes seed treatments as well as
oilseed rape seed businesses.

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Bayer Crop Science division results (€ million)
1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
($ million)1 ($ million)1
Total sales 5,872 (6,625) +91.3 11,232 (12,672)

Pro forma sales 11,243 (12,685) -1.2 11,112 (12,537)

EBITDA 1,348 (1,521) +98.7 2,678 (3,021)

EBIT 1,041 (1,174) +24.9 1,300 (1,467)

Second qtr

Total sales 3,011 (3,397) +59.0 4,788 (5,402)

Pro forma sales 5,095 (5,748) -6.6 4,758 (5,368) million. The portfolio effect was €30 million.
Adjusted for currency and portfolio effects,
EBITDA 367 (414) +165.4 974 (1,099) business was 1.7% down.

EBIT 149 (168) +104.0 304 (343) As of July 11th, the company reports that
1
at the current rate; earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation; earnings before interest and tax.
2 3 some 18,400 plaintiffs had filed lawsuits in
the US claiming to have been exposed to
currency-adjusted basis to €1,092 million. 72.4% on a currency-adjusted basis to €766 glyphosate herbicide-based products from
That included a €126 million portfolio million. Adjusted for currency and portfolio legacy company Monsanto. The company
effect. Adjusted for currency and portfolio effects, sales rose by 17.7%, largely from has lost the first three cases with
effects, business declined by 1.8%. crop protection volume rises in Brazil. multimillion-dollar penalties. The issue has
weighed heavily on the group’s share price
Sales in Latin America were boosted by a Sales in the Asia Pacific region increased by which had fallen by 40% since the first
€241 million portfolio effect, advancing by 4.2% on a currency-adjusted basis to €533 reversal in August last year.

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Syngenta crop protection
sales down 6% in first half
Syngenta’s crop protection sales decreased
by 5.5% to $4,987 million in the first half
of 2019 compared with the same period
during the previous year. “The first half of
this year saw many challenges for
agriculture, including historic flooding in
the US that resulted in significantly late
planting and severe droughts in Australia
and Indonesia,” says chief executive officer
Erik Fyrwald.
In March 2018, Syngenta, along with
ChemChina’s other subsidiary, Adama,
divested a portfolio of crop protection
products to Nufarm for a total agreed
transaction value of $490 million, of which
Syngenta’s share was $95 million.
Seed and trait sales declined by 9%
(-4%) to $1,594 million. Adjusting for
divestments, sales were down by 8% (-3%).

Including revenues from the “professional
solutions” business, which comprises turf
and landscape and professional pest
management products, revenues were
down by 5.9% (-1% at constant exchange
rates) to $5,206 million. Adjusted for
divestments, sales were 5% (flat at CER).
Total sales for the first half, including crop
protection, professional solutions and
seeds, fell by 6.7% to $6,766 million.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation
and amortisation (EBITDA) dropped by
14.5% to $1,461 million. The earnings
decline reflected the difficult weather

Syngenta’s sales by business segment ($ million)

1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Crop protection 5,280 -5.5 4,987

Seed & traits 1,751 -9.0 1,594

Professional solutions 252 -13.1 219

Inter-business elimination -34 -34

Total 7,249 -6.7 6,766

EBITDA1 1,709 -14.5 1,461

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Syngenta’s crop protection sales by category ($ million)
1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Herbicides 2,124 -10.1 1,910
Selective 1,716 -13.0 1,493
Non-selective 408 +2.2 417
Fungicides 1,730 -4.0 1,661
Insecticides 901 -0.6 896
Seedcare 459 -0.2 458
Other 66 -6.1 62
Total 5,280 -5.5 4,987
Syngenta’s crop protection and professional solutions sales by
region ($ million)
1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Europe, Middle East & Africa 1,941 -8.8 1,770
North America 1,636 -14.4 1,401
Latin America 870 +19.0 1,035
Asia Pacific 700 -10.1 629
China 191 +3.7 198
Other 194 -10.8 173
Total 5,532 -5.9 5,206
Syngenta’s seed and trait sales by category ($ million)
1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Maize and soybean 852 -11.4 755
Diverse field crops 430 -7.7 397
Vegetables 346 -7.8 319
Flowers 123 0.0 123
Total 1,751 -9.0 1,594
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conditions in the US and increased raw
material costs in China, the company says.
The EBITDA margin decreased by 2
percentage points to 21.6%.
Product category sales
Herbicides remained the company’s largest
category, accounting for 38.3% of first-
half crop protection revenues. Sales were
down by 10.1% to $1,910 million. Sales
of selective herbicides declined by 13%
(-9% at CER) to $1,493 million. Non-
selective herbicides was the only category
that grew, with revenues up by 2.2% (+9%)
to $417 million.
Fungicides made up a third of crop
protection sales. The category decreased by
4% (+1%) to $1,661 million.
Insecticides dipped by 0.6% (+6%) to $896
million. Seedcare (seed treatment business)
was flat (+7%) at $458 million.
Regional sales
Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME)
was the company’s largest region,
accounting for 34% of six-month crop
protection and professional solutions sales.
Revenues declined by 8.8% (-1%) to $1,770
million. A strong early season in the north
with increased cereals demand in crop
protection gave way to weakness in the
second quarter, Syngenta says.
North America made up over a quarter
(26.9%) of six-month crop protection and
professional solutions revenues, which
declined by 14.4% to $1,401 million. The
company highlights two new product
introductions during the first half: the
herbicide, Tavium Plus VaporGrip
Technology (dicamba + S-metolachlor),
for use in soybeans and cotton; and the
fungicidal seed treatment, Vayantis
(Nippon Soda’s picarbutrazox), for the
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flowers were flat.
1st half ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Europe, Middle East & Africa 720 -8.9 656 Europe, Africa and the Middle East was the
company’s largest region for seed sales,
North America 609 -29.9 427 accounting for 41.2% of revenues. Sales in
the region fell by 8.9% (-1%) to $656 million.
Latin America 144 -0.7 143
Growth was offset by challenging market and
Asia Pacific including China 148 +10.1 163 credit conditions in the east. Reported sales
also reflected unfavourable currency impact.
Other 7 +1,071.4 82
In North America, extreme weather
Flowers 123 0.0 123
conditions severely delaying planting and
Total 1,751 -9.0 1,594 reducing acreage led to revenues falling by
29.9% to $427 million.

control of Pythium spp and Phytophthora
spp in a variety of crops.
Strong volume growth in Latin America led to
first-half revenues rising by 19% (+28%) to
$1,035 million. The volume growth offset the
impact of weaker currencies in the region.
In Asia Pacific, sales were down by 10.1%
(-6%) to $629 million, driven by drought in
Australia and Indonesia and difficult
market conditions in Vietnam.
China experienced growth with revenues
rising by 3.7% (+11%) to $198 million,
assisted by successful in-licensing.
Within seed and traits, maize was the
dominant product, accounting for 47.4% of
sales. Revenues, however, were down by
11.4% (-9%) to $755 million.
Diverse field crops came in next, with
sales decreasing by 7.7% (-1%) to
$397 million.
In Latin America, sales dipped by 0.7%
(+4%). Syngenta points to a volume
increase and the successful integration of
the Argentine seed supplier, Nidera
Semillas. The company was acquired in
February 2018. Reported sales were
reduced by unfavourable currency impact.
Sales in Asia Pacific, including China,
increased by 10.1% (+14%) with continued
strong momentum in maize and new
product launches and growth in vegetables.

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BASF ag solutions sales
up 20% in second quarter
BASF’s agricultural solutions business grew
by 19.7% to €1,796 million ($2,026 million)
during the second quarter. The rise was
primarily because of the acquisition of
assets from Bayer in August 2018.
Revenues included seed and trait sales, a
new business segment for the company
following the acquisition of assets.
Agrochemical sales were €3,423 million
($3,862 million) while seed and traits
brought in €1,022 million ($1,153 million).
The company notes “slightly” higher prices
from its legacy business. But sales volumes
were well below the prior-year quarter,
mainly due to significantly lower volumes
in North America.
Overall, volumes were down 12%, while
prices advanced 3%. The portfolio effect
was a positive 28%, while currency changes
enhanced business by 1%.
Profits went down. Earnings before interest,
tax, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA) fell by over a third (-36.1%) to
€205 million. EBIT before special items
declined by more than half (-56.5%) to
€121 million. Negative earnings from the
acquired businesses due to their
seasonality contributed to this
development. Moreover, earnings in the
BASF’s agriculture division results (€ million)
2ndt qtr ended June 30th 2018 ($ million)1 % change 2019 ($ million)1
Sales 1,501 (1693) +19.7 1,796 (2026)
legacy business were lower because of
distributor destocking and challenges
relating to weather conditions and the
trade conflicts in North America. EBIT after
items dropped by 88.8% to €29 million.
EBIT included special charges, primarily for
the integration of the acquired businesses.
Six months
Buoyed by the 53.3% rise during the first
quarter, six-month revenues rose by 37.7%
to €4,445 million. EBITDA for the two
quarters was up by 43.1% whereas EBIT
increased by 18.5% to €801 million.
business sales and 12% of agrochemical
Research and development expenses sales at €400 million.
for the quarter increased by 62.7% to
€205 million. The rise during the first half The seed treatment business made up
was similar, with expenses up 63.8% to the remaining agrochemical revenues of
€398 million. €267 million.
Category sales Regional sales
Herbicides were the dominant category, BASF reports “considerably” increased sales
making up 34% of first-half agricultural in Europe. That was due to portfolio effects,
business sales and 44% of agrochemical which more than compensated for the
sales. Revenues from the product category significant decline in fungicide, seed
were €1,511 million. treatment and herbicide volumes in
northern and eastern Europe.
Fungicides brought in 28% of agricultural
business sales and 36% of agrochemical Sales in North America were “considerably”
revenues. Sales were €1,245 million. higher as well, mainly as a result of
portfolio effects. Positive currency effects
Insecticides made up 9% of agricultural and a slightly higher price level also
contributed to the sales increase. This was
partially offset by lower fungicide and
herbicide volumes, especially in the US and
Canada due to distributor destocking and
challenges relating to weather conditions
and the trade conflicts.

EBITDA2 321 (362) -36.1 205 (231)

Similarly, positive portfolio effects aided by
EBIT3 before special items 278 (314) -56.5 121 (137) slightly positive currency effects boosted
business in Asia. Sales were reduced by
EBIT3 259 (292) -88.8 29 (33) lower fungicide volumes.

Six months Sales were up considerably in the South

America, Africa, Middle East business
Sales 3,229 (3,643) +37.7 4,445 (5,015)
region. BASF sold significantly increased
EBITDA2 802 (905) +43.1 1,148 (1,295) volumes, especially in Brazil for seed
treatment and fungicides. A significantly
EBIT3 before special items 701 (791) +22.8 861 (971) higher price level and portfolio effects
also contributed to the positive sales
EBIT3 676 (763) +18.5 801 (904)
development. Negative currency effects
1
at the current rate; 2 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation; 3 earnings before interest and tax. had an offsetting impact.

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Corteva agchem
sales flat in Q2
Corteva Agriscience’s crop protection sales
slipped by 0.5% to $1,857 million in the
second quarter of 2019. They are the first
financial results presented by the company
since Corteva was spun off from DowDuPont
on June 1st. Seed sales fell by 4.3% to
$3,699 million and overall revenues were
down by 3.1% to $5,556 million.
The company attributes the decline to
adverse weather impacts in North America.
Outside that region, Corteva points to
organic growth in crop protection of 21%
and 10% for seed. “In our initial quarter as
a standalone company, we delivered
technology-driven, organic growth in nearly
all regions despite continued pressure from
the unprecedented weather events that
challenged near-term market conditions in
North America,” says Corteva’s chief
executive officer, Jim Collins.
Weather-related planting delays and lower-
than-expected areas of maize, soybeans
and canola adversely impacted sales in
North America. Organic sales growth in
Latin America was driven by early demand
for crop protection products, while growth
in the Asia Pacific and Europe, Africa and
Middle East (EMEA) regions were primarily
driven by demand for new products,
including the insecticide, sulfoxaflor
(trade-marked as Isoclast), the fungicide,
oxathiapiprolin (trade-marked as Zorvec),
and the herbicide, halauxifen-methyl
(trade-marked as Arylex).
Prices declined by 1%, with price gains in
outside of North America (rest of the world
sales region) more than offset by decreases
in North America. The latter was due to
higher replanting of maize and pricing
pressure on soybeans. Volumes were

Corteva’s 2nd-qtr crop protection sales by region ($ million)

2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
North America 847 -19.0 686

Europe, Africa & Middle East 420 -6.4 393

Asia Pacific 316 -1.3 312

Latin America 284 +64.1 466

Total 1,867 -0.5 1,857

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Corteva’s 2nd-qtr crop protection sales by category ($ million)
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Herbicides 1,068 -2.2 1,044
Insecticides 448 +2.5 459
Fungicides 269 +12.3 302
Others 82 -36.6 52
Total 1,867 -0.5 1,857
Corteva’s 2nd-qtr seed sales by region ($ million)
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
North America 3,279 -5.5 3,099
Europe, Africa & Middle East 267 +2.6 274
Asia Pacific 147 -5.4 139
Latin America 171 +9.4 187
Total (net sales) 3,864 -4.3 3,699
Corteva’s first-half crop protection sales by category ($ million)
Six months ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Herbicides 1,931 -6.0 1,815
Insecticides 777 +7.6 836
Fungicides 547 -4.6 522
Others 105 +7.6 113
Total 3,360 -2.2 3,286
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essentially flat compared with the same
period last year, with 5% lower volumes in
North America being offset elsewhere,
including 14% growth in Latin America.
There were adverse currency effects of
2%, with impacts being driven primarily by
the euro.
Increased crop protection sales in Latin
America and the EMEA region were offset
by declines in North America and the Asia
Pacific region. Volume growth was led by
strong early demand for spinosyn
insecticides and seed-applied technologies
in Latin America.
Higher sales of fungicides and insecticides
were more than offset by declines of
herbicides and other products. Sales of
new products, including sulfoxaflor,
oxathiapiprolin and halauxifen-methyl,
were up by 73% over the same period last
year. Sales of sulfoxaflor grew by more
than 70% to some $40 million.
Maize seed sales fell by 2.7% to $3,699
million, soybean seed sales were down by
17.8% to $998 million, with other oilseed
business up by 3.1% to $200 million. Other
seed sales fell by 7.7% to $192 million.
Increases in Latin America and the EMEA
region were more than offset by declines in
North America and Asia Pacific.
Corteva’s pro forma operating earnings
before interest, tax, depreciation and
amortisation (EBITDA) fell by 6% to $1,486
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million. Operating EBITDA for the seed Six months offset by declines in North America. Prices
business was down by 10.5% to $1,036 Crop protection sales for the first six were flat, with improvements mainly due
million while that for the crop protection months of the year were down by 2.2% to to demand for new products being offset
business rose by 6.4% to $450 million. $3,286 million. Seed sales fell by 8.1% to by the downturn in North America. There
Improved crop protection earnings from $5,666 million and overall revenues was an adverse currency effect of 3%.
new products and cost savings from dropped by 6% to $8,952 million. Volumes
synergies were more than offset by were down by 3%, with gains in Latin Higher sales of insecticides were more
currency impacts, and lower seed sales America, EMEA and Asia Pacific more than than offset by declines of herbicides and
and margins. fungicides. Sales of sulfoxaflor were up by
56% over the same period last year.
Corteva’s first-half crop protection sales by region ($ million)
Strong growth in the crop protection
Six months ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
business in Latin America and Asia Pacific
North America 1,419 -17.9 1,165 were more than offset by declines in North
America and EMEA.
Europe, Middle East & Africa 994 -4.1 953
Maize seed sales fell by 4.3% to $3,777
Asia Pacific 466 +10.5 515
million and soybean seed by 19.1% to
Latin America 481 +35.8 653 $1,129 million. Other oilseed business was
down by 7% to $425 million and other seed
Total 3,360 -2.2 3,286 sales by 9% to $335 million. First-half seed
sales were down in all regions.

Corteva’s first-half seed sales by region ($ million) Corteva’s first-half pro forma operating
Six months ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019 EBITDA dropped by 13.4% to $2,031. That
for crop protection was down by 10.2% to
North America 4,478 -10.4 4,012
$670 million and for seed down 14.8% to
Europe, Middle East & Africa 1,089 -1.0 1,078 $1,361 million.

Asia Pacific 220 -4.1 211 Outlook

Corteva expects full-year sales to be about
Latin America 378 -3.4 365 3% lower than those of 2018. However, it
has raised its guidance for pro forma
Total 6,165 -8.1 5,666
operating EBITDA to a range of $1,900
million to $2,050 million. “Despite the first-
Corteva’s results ($ million) half challenges, we continue to see
strength across our global business,”
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Mr Collins says. “Looking ahead to the
Sales 5,731 -3.1 5,556 second half, we expect ongoing, solid
adoption for high-demand products and
Crop protection 1,867 -0.5 1,857 anticipate continued ramp-up of recent
product launches to continue driving high-
Seed 3,864 -4.3 3,699
value sales globally.”
Operating EBITDA1 1,581 -6.0 1,486

Crop protection 423 +6.4 450

Seed 1,158 -10.5 1,036

Six months

Sales 9,525 -6.0 8,952

Crop protection 3,360 -2.2 3,286

Seed 6,165 -8.1 5,666

Operating EBITDA1 2,344 -13.4 2,031

Crop protection 746 -10.2 670

Seed 1,598 -14.8 1,361

1
earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.

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FMC sales up 4.5%
in second quarter
Strong growth in Brazil, India and Europe
contributed to a 4.5% increase in FMC’s
agrochemical sales to $1,206.1 million in
the second quarter of 2019. The company
points to organic growth of 9%, partly
offset by adverse currency effects of 4%.
Volumes were up by 5% and prices by 3%,
with pricing gains in all regions.
Sales in Latin America rose by 29% to
$257 million, or by 34% if currency effects
are excluded. Growth was driven mainly by
the cotton and sugar cane sector in Brazil
and strong pricing across the region. FMC
points to the contribution of the herbicide,
Boral (sulfentrazone), on sugar cane and
continued growth for the diamide
insecticides, chlorantraniliprole (trade-
marked as Rynaxypyr) and cyantraniliprole
(trade-marked as Cyazypyr).
The Europe, Africa, Middle East region
posted a 4% (10% excluding currency
effects) increase in sales to $304 million.
There were improved market conditions in
Russia and Ukraine and growth for
diamide insecticides. FMC notes new
country registrations for cyantraniliprole in
the region and the launch of Battle Delta
(flufenacet + diflufenican) herbicide in
France and Germany.
North American business was down by 2%
to $334 million. Extreme weather and
flooding in the US Mid-West adversely
affected demand for pre-emergence
herbicides. However, there were gains
from insecticides in California and a
successful introduction of the fungicide,
FMC’s results ($ million)
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Sales 1,154.4 +4.5 1,206.1
Adjusted EBITDA1 319.6 +5.7 337.8
Six months
Sales 2,262.3 +6.0 2,398.2
Adjusted EBITDA1 649.1 +4.9 681.2
1
earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation.
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Lucento (bixafen + flutriafol).
Sales in Asia fell by 2% (+4%) to $312
million. Over 20% growth in India was
driven by the new commercial structure put
in place last year was offset by challenging
conditions in the Chinese rice market.
Adjusted earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)
rose by 5.7% to $337.8 million. Price and
product mix gains of $47 million and
volume increases worth $35 million were
partly offset by a $46 million in costs and
an $18 million adverse currency effect.
Adjusted EBITDA amounted to 28% of
revenues in the second quarter of 2019
compared with 27.7% in the same period
last year.
Sales for the first six months of the year rose
by 6% to $2,398.2 million and adjusted
EBITDA grew by 4.9% to $681.2 million.
Outlook
FMC forecasts third-quarter sales of
$960-990 million, representing 6% growth
at the midpoint compared with the same
period last year. Adjusted EBITDA is
expected to be 7% higher at $190-210
million. Fourth-quarter revenues are set to
rise by 7% to $1,150-1,200 million, with
adjusted EBITDA up by 17% to $310-330
million. The company forecasts full-year
revenues of $4,500-4,600 million, with
organic growth of 9% and an estimated
adverse currency impact of 3%. It expects
adjusted EBITDA to grow by 8% to $1,180-
1,220 million.
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UPL first-quarter sales up 7%
UPL’s consolidated revenues, including
those of Arysta LifeScience, grew by 6.8%
to Rs 79,060 million ($1,135.3 million at
the current rate) in the company’s first
quarter ended June 30th. UPL completed
the acquisition of Arysta at the end of
January this year. The company has
combined sales of Arysta and legacy UPL
for comparison purposes.
Volumes were up by 5%, while higher prices
and currencies added 1% each to revenues.
Compared with revenues of legacy UPL
alone, sales rose by 91.2%. UPL’s “agro
activities”, comprising agrochemicals and
seeds, accounted for 97.3% of the
company’s consolidated sales.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortisation (EBITDA) for the quarter
grew by 11%.
Latin America was the company’s largest
region, accounting for 30% of total
revenues. Sales in the region increased by
25%. In Brazil, UPL saw “strong”
performance across row crops. Placement
of products and customers’ commitment
was the key growth driver in Argentina and
the rest of the Southern Cone region.
Europe was the second-largest region,
making up 21% of total revenues. Sales in
the region decreased by 3%. A delayed
and weak season in eastern and eestern
Europe because of drought and heat was
partially mitigated with growth in the
Mediterranean region. An unprecedented
heat wave across Europe left growers
uncertain about planting, the company
says. It adds that there was a reduction of
10% in sugar beet planting.
North America made up 15% of revenues.
Sales in the region grew by 6%. The impact
of the US tariff war with China helped the
company. UPL points out that the growth
occurred despite a general market decline
of some 10% during the quarter because of
floods in the US Mid-West. That is likely to
“significantly” impact some 10 million acres
(4 m ha) of row crops.
Revenues in UPL’s domestic market, India,
fell by 8%. Sales in the country made up
15% of total revenues. A lack of rainfall in
June delayed the entire season and
placement of products. Low prices of non-
selective herbicides impacted the
company’s sales.
The rest of the world made up 19% of total
revenues. Sales grew by 7%. UPL witnessed
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“Understanding the demands and opportunities of a
“Green Brexit” – how do we deliver food production
alongside environmental enhancement?”
19 – 20 November 2019 | Brighton | UK
The 2019 BCPC Congress will encompass a wide range of
topics relevant to the theme of how intensification of food
production can be reconciled with environmental
protection or enhancement, whatever the UK’s future
relationship is with the EU. The science and technology
relating to the national debate on how to support UK
farming and food production whilst meeting the highest
environmental standards will be explored in a series of
sessions.
The Congress will seek to unearth some of the reality
behind the UK Government’s agricultural policy framework
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in which farmers will be paid to deliver ‘public goods’ such
as improved soil health, air and water quality. The
Congress will also provide a platform for recent
developments in crop protection, with a focus on
dissemination of these to advisers and practitioners.
Day One will start with a plenary session, led by Julie
Girling (past MEP) reflecting on her 10 years’ experience as
MEP for South West of England and Gibraltar, including her
service on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Committee and Agriculture Committee in Europe as one of
the few supportive of commercial farming. She has
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recently become Senior Advisor to Burson, Cohn and Wolfe,
a PA and Communications agency in Brussels.
Following on from this will be sessions on developing
sustainable plant health solutions and plant genetic
technologies. Speakers will include, Robert Shearsby,
(Agricultural Industries Confederation). AIC is a trade
association for members of the agri-supply chain, which
pulls together the crop protection, animal feed, fertiliser,
arable and seed sectors and ensures their collective voice is
heard in Government. Guy Smith, (Deputy President, NFU)
farms a mixed and diversified farm in Essex. He has served
on the NFU Council as a member of the Governance Board
and as Chair of the NFU Communications Group. He will be
considering that it is now time for a new approach to
develop sustainable plant health solutions in the UK. The
morning session will conclude with Dr Tina Barsby OBE
(NIAB) looking at opportunities and problems for plant
genetic technologies for a Green Brexit. Tina is CEO of NIAB
which this year celebrates its centenary. A plant geneticist
with significant experience in the agricultural crop sector,
Tina is committed to the translation of plant science into
products and services of value to industry and society.
The Regulatory Affairs session, in the afternoon, will appeal
to stakeholders interested in a regulatory affairs update and
issues relating to data protection and endocrine disruption.
Dr Martyn Griffiths (Bayer CropScience) will cover the
transparency of regulatory information and how industry
input is vital in the management of key challenges in the
revised General Food Law. Whilst Mike Carroll (TSG
Consulting) will be asking where do we go from here with
GLP, Trade Secrets and Regulatory Transparency?
The second day starts with a look at the global impact of
food production, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and
input management and delivering IPM and precision
agriculture (including delivering appropriate regulation).
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Professor Rhys Green, (University of Cambridge) is a
conservation scientist researching on the conservation of wild
species and how the impacts of farming, pollution and climate
change can be reduced. In his session he will be looking at
minimising the global environmental impact of food
production. Following on Nick Poole, (Foundation for Arable
Research) from Australia will be looking at input management.
FAR is an applied research and extension organisation serving
the cropping industry. Nick has led national research projects
and has particular interest in farming systems research, cereal
disease management and challenging the boundaries of
wheat productivity worldwide. Martin Grantley-Smith, (AHDB)
who has directed the strategy for AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds to
shape priorities, will give a strategic insight into IPM.
Day Two will see the welcome return of CRD (Chemicals
Regulation Division), who will engage in a workshop format
with delegates, to look at how the UK will manage crop
protection technologies in future, with particular emphasis
on precision agriculture.
The Congress rounds off with an afternoon session providing
opinion and strategy for the better use of agrochemicals.
Speakers include Professor Lin Field (Rothamsted
Research), Head of Biointeractions and Crop Protection. Her
work focuses on insecticide mode of action and resistance
at the biochemical/molecular level and uses genomic
techniques to understand resistance and insecticide
selectivity. She will be considering how insecticides can be
best used in better pest control strategies. Finally, Paul
Temple (Chairman, The Voluntary Initiative), who farms in
East Yorkshire, will focus on Integrated Pest Management
and farm assurance schemes.
Delegates attending the BCPC Congress are invited to join
the drinks reception, hosted by TSG Consulting, on Monday
18 November at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton. Pre-booking
is required when registering.
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 2020 2020
2020

第二十一届 第十一届 第二十一届

中国国际农用化学品 中国国际新型 中国国际农化装备
及植保展览会 肥料展览会 及植保器械展览会
21st China International Agrochemical & 11th China International 21st China International Agrochemical &
Crop Protection Exhibition Fertilizer Show Crop Protection Equipment Exhibition

上海新国际博览中心
2 月 Feb Shanghai New International Expo Centre

2020
年 Year
24-26 Hall N1-N5 W3-W5

日 Day

90,000+ 120+ 45,000+

Sqm Countries & regions Visitors

1,500+ 10+
Exhibitors Conferences

农化的世界 世界的农化

Organizer:
中国国际贸易促进委员会化工行业分会
CCPIT Sub-Council of Chemical Industry

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Adama agchems
down 5% in Q2
ChemChina subsidiary Adama recorded a
5.4% fall in crop protection revenues to
$905 million in the second quarter of 2019.
Sales of all business were down by 2.1% at
$1,002 million. The company says that
sales were “in line with” those of last year
in constant currency terms.
President and CEO Chen Lichtenstein notes
poor market conditions. “We now cross
difficult market conditions, with adverse
weather, industry-wide supply constraints
and currency headwinds. In addition, as
the gradual ramp-up of production at the
Jingzhou old site is ongoing, we still lack
sufficient supply of products in high
demand,” he says. However, he adds that the
company is outgrowing the market through
deepening presence in “growth markets”
and launching “differentiated products”.

Adama’s results ($ million)

2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Sales 1,023 -2.1 1,002

Agrochemicals 957 -5.4 905

EBITDA1 189 -6.3 177

EBIT2 137 -15.3 116

Six months

Sales 2,045 -1.8 2,008

Agrochemicals 1,905 -4.8 1,814

EBITDA1 379 -3.7 365

EBIT2 273 -11.4 242

1
earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation; 2 earnings before interest and tax.

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Adama’s sales1 by region ($ million)
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Europe 309 -13.6 267
North America 213 +3.5 220
Latin America 172 +14.2 196
Asia Pacific 167 +3.1 173
India, Middle East & Africa 162 -10.2 146
Total 1,023 -2.1 1,002
Six months
Europe 702 -10.6 628
North America 407 -1.6 400
Latin America 311 +14.4 355
Asia Pacific 356 +0.7 358
India, Middle East & Africa 270 -1.4 267
Total 2,045 -1.8 2,008
1
includes non-agrochemicals.
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Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation
and amortisation (EBITDA) on all business
fell by 6.3% to $177 million. EBIT lost
15.2% to $116 million. The company notes
that both rose slightly in yuan terms.
Six months
Agrochemical sales dropped by 4.8% to
$1,814 million in the first six months of
the year. Total revenues were down by
1.8% at $2,008 million. In constant
currency terms, sales were slightly up on
last year’s first half.
EBITDA fell by 3.7% to $365 million and
EBIT was 11.4% lower at $242 million.
Regional sales
Sales of all products in Europe fell by 16.7%
in the second quarter in constant currency
terms, and by 13.6% in dollar terms to
$267 million. That was primarily due to
tight supply conditions as well as
unseasonably hot weather towards the end
of the period, which constrained sales in
key countries, Adama says. In northern
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Europe, sales continued to be impacted by
credit restraint in Ukraine, with the
company restricting sales only to those
customers with a proven ability to pay, as
well as by adverse weather conditions in
Germany, hitting application in all major
crops. In southern Europe, weak disease
pressure hit demand for products, while
supply-related constraints further impacted
sales. First-half sales fell by 10.6% (-13.6%
in constant currency terms) at $628 million.

Business in North America increased by

3.5% in dollar terms (+3.7%) in the quarter
to $220 million. Prices rose, partially
offsetting adverse weather conditions.
Unprecedented flooding led to delays in
planting and a reduced planted acreage,
impacting sales across key markets. In the
consumer and professional solutions
business, Bonide, the US pest control
products supplier it acquired in January,
added a “pleasing” contribution despite
“challenging” weather conditions that
impacted the non-crop market. First-half
sales fell by 1.5% (-1.3%) to $400 million.
The Latin American business “delivered
exceptionally strong growth”. Sales were up
14.2% (+20%) in the second quarter at
$196 million. Business grew in “key
countries”, alongside continued price
increases, which more than offset the
impact of constrained supply. The company
continued to grow strongly in Brazil, where
demand for its maize portfolio overcame
supply shortages in certain products. There
was a “strong” performance in the key
soybean market, on a “distinctive product
offering”, including the “flagship” Cronnos
(picoxystrobin + tebuconazole + mancozeb)
fungicide for rust control, while benefiting
from an increase in planted areas. Adama
highlights a “noteworthy” performance in
Argentina. The company launched several
products including the proprietary
nematicide, Nimitz (fluensulfone), suite of
products in Peru, the plant growth
regulator, Brevis (metamitron), in Argentina,
and the insecticide, Kadabra (bifenthrin +
fipronil), in Mexico. First-half sales were up
14.4% (+22.6%) at $355 million.
Second-quarter revenues in the Asia Pacific
region grew by 3.1% (+7.8%) to $173
million on rising volumes and prices.
Business saw a strong recovery in Australia
as rain aided the winter crop season
following a severe drought that impacted
the first three months of the year. However,
drought conditions continued to impact the
broader Asia Pacific region, hitting pesticide
applications and product sales in many
countries. In China, sales were up 3%
(+1.7%) on “strong demand” for its
differentiated, formulated and branded
products towards which Adama has
switched its focus. Sales of formulated,
branded products other than those from
the Jingzhou old site, grew by more than
20% in the quarter and first half. The
Chinese ChemChina business, Jiangsu
Anpon, delivered a solid performance in its
first full quarter since joining. That
compensated for the interruption to supply
resulting from the Jingzhou old site. First-
half sales inched 0.7% (+5.2%) higher to
$358 million.
In India, the Middle East and Africa,
revenues were down 10.2% (-6.2%) for the
quarter at $146 million. Sales in India were
impacted by the late monsoon rains as well
as supply constraints in China-sourced
products. First-half business was 1.4%
(+5.9%) lower at $267 million.

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 Crop Science Awards
2019 – Shortlist
Best R&D Pipeline
• Bayer
• Corteva Agriscience
• FMC Agricultural Solutions
• Marrone Bio Innovations
• Seipasa

Best New Biological Product - Biopesticide

• Agrauxine by Lesaffre (Romeo – cerevisane)
• BetaTec Hop Products (HopGuard III)
• Ecolibrium Biologicals (Lateral)
• Eden Research (Mevalone)
• FMC Agricultural Solutions (Quartzo and Presence)

Best New Biological Product – Biostimulant

• Atens (Asir Bio)
• Chengdu New Sun Crop Science (14-hydroxylated brassinolide)
• Locus Agricultural Solutions (Rhizolizer)
• Loveland Products (Maritime)

Best Formulation Innovation

• Alfa Smart Agro (Smart CompleX Technology)
• Atens (Asir Bio)
• Battelle Memorial Institute/Mitsui AgriScience (Banyan Technology)
• Bayer (Fox Xpro SC)
• Corteva Agriscience (i-Q4 technology)
• Eden Research (Sustaine)
• Schelkovo Agrohim (Deposit ME)

Best Application Technology Innovation

• Agrovista
• BASF Korea
• Bee Vectoring Technology
• Chengdu New Sun Crop Science
• FMC Agricultural Solutions
• XAG

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Best Packaging Innovation
• Adama (5-litre branded packaging)
• Corteva Agriscience (5-litre angled neck fluorinated
HDPE Bottle for Inatreq)
Best Public Outreach Programme
• BASF Agricultural Solutions (Grow with BASF)
• Corteva Agriscience (Follow the Food)
• CropLife Canada (Real Farm Lives)

Best Innovation in Digital Best Supplier

Farming Technology
• Limin Chemical
• Adama (BreviSmart)
• Maxunitech
• CropIn Technology (SmartRisk)
• Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group
• International Rice Research Institute
• Taranis (Aerial imagery platform) Best Company from an Emerging Region
• The Climate Corporation (Climate FieldView) • Alfa Smart Agro
• UPL • Insecticides India
• Limin Chemical
Best Innovation in Precision
Farming Technology • Maxunitech
• Sichuan Leshan Fuhua Tongda Agro-chemical Technology
• Adama (Agrint)
• XAG
• FMC Agricultural Solutions (Precision metered custom
blended crop protection)
• XAG (Smart Agriculture solutions)
Best Supporting Role
• ADAS
Best Stewardship Programme • Compliance Services International
• Agsafe (AgBytes online training) • Dextra International
• Chengdu New Sun Crop Science (8 Standards) • ERM
• Corteva Agriscience (Safe Food Safe Farmer) • JDM Scientific Research Organisation
• CropLife Canada (Manage Resistance Now)
• FMC Agricultural Solutions (Doctor Soil)
• inpEV, Brazil (Campo Limpo remote education course)

Best Marketing Campaign

• Adama (Made by Many)
• Corteva Agriscience (Loyant herbicide)
• FMC Agricultural Solutions (Lucento fungicide)
• FMC Agricultural Solutions (Doctor Soil)
• Seipasa (Through the eyes of the New Generation)
• Syngenta Crop Protection (Miravis Ace fungicide)

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Crop Science Awards 2019
– Curtain Raiser
Best R&D Pipeline
Following the acquisition of Monsanto in
2018, Bayer’s Crop Science division is
building on the successful track records of
both legacy companies. Bayer’s combined
R&D pipeline includes more than 75 key
projects in seeds and traits, crop protection
and digital agriculture. Furthermore, the
company produces hundreds of new
hybrids and varieties and crop protection
products every year. It expects to launch
more than 25 new products by 2022.
Corteva Agriscience underscores the need
to discover and bring novel agricultural
technologies to market given increasing
global food demands, changing consumer
preferences and rising pest resistance
issues. Its pipeline includes new crop
protection active ingredients, seeds and
trait technology, and an emerging set of
diagnostic tools designed to create value
for growers and consumers. Corteva claims
to be rising to the challenge to meet these
industry-driving forces and market needs.
FMC Agricultural Solutions’ R&D pipeline
brings together the strengths of its legacy
companies (FMC, Cheminova and DuPont)
and represents a diversity of new chemistry,
novel modes of action, and biologicals. It
foresees growth to come from new
introductions over the next decade,
including the first new herbicide mode of
action in over 30 years. In addition to
synthetic chemistries, the pipeline boasts
new biologicals for the control of fungal
pathogens and nematodes.
US company Marrone Bio Innovations
(MBI’s) pipeline of biological crop protection
products includes three herbicides with
novel modes of action, a highly effective
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soil biofumigant, and novel fungicide pre-
mixtures. MBI points out its track record of
successful commercialisation of novel and
effective products, having launched six new
US EPA-registered biopesticide active
ingredients and one biostimulant in 11
years. It highlights a systemic herbicide,
which controls herbicide-resistant Palmer
amaranth and water hemp (both
Amaranthus spp).
Spanish company Seipasa presents a non-
selective herbicide developed from
botanical substances, which it claims as an
alternative to glyphosate. It has been
developed by enhancing the effect of
organic compounds derived from isoprene
in combination with monoenoic organic
acids. The botanical origin of the herbicide
allows its application at any crop phase and
in different use environments. Seipasa’s
formulation expertise resulted in increased
efficacy and enhanced mode of action.
Best New Biological Product -
Biopesticide
French company Agrauxine developed the
non-living natural active substance,
cerevisane (composed of cell walls of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain
LAS117), which is the active ingredient in the
company’s biofungicide, Romeo. It acts
preventively and its mode of action consists
of the stimulation of plant defence
mechanisms. Romeo activates several plant
defence metabolic pathways, leading to
multi-disease efficacy. It is effective on
vegetables crops, berries and grapevines.
Cerevisane is registered in the EU and the US.
US company BetaTec is committed to
combat the honey bee deadly parasitic
mite, Varroa destructor. The mite has
developed resistance to commercially
available pesticides and is highly
responsible for honey bee losses. The
company’s improved hop biopesticide,
HopGuard III, decreases mite levels in
commercial beehives. It provides a natural
alternative to combat Varroa without
risking honey or wax contamination.
New Zealand company Ecolibrium
Biologicals’ bioinsecticide, Lateral, is
derived from a novel New Zealand
indigenous strain of the bacterium,
Brevibacillus laterosporus, discovered at
Lincoln University. The bioinsecticide
controls lepidopteran insects including, but
not limited to, diamondback moths (Plutella
xylostella), fall armyworms (Spodoptera
frugiperda), corn earworms (Helicoverpa
zea), soybean loopers (Chrysodeixis
includens) and European corn borers
(Ostrinia nubilalis).
UK company Eden Research presents its
biofungicide, Mevalone, which is based on
the terpene active ingredients, eugenol,
geraniol and thymol. Distributed via
commercial partners across Europe and
Kenya, Mevalone provides an invaluable
tool to tackle Botrytis cinerea. The
antifungal activity of the three plant
terpenes is harnessed by Eden’s patented
microencapsulation technology, Sustaine.
Eden calls the solvent-free, residue-exempt,
efficacious and price competitive Mevalone
a significant step forward in biological crop
protection technology.
FMC’s bionematicides, Quartzo and
Presence, can be used on a variety of crops
including sugar cane, soybeans, maize,
cotton, rice, coffee, and fruits and
vegetables. The proprietary strains deliver
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and B subtilis strain FMCH002 to suppress nematodes through a
biological and bacteria-based plant protection solution. The activity
of the bionematicides centres on the roots of the plant and
promotes plant health.
Best New Biological Product – Biostimulant
Spanish company Atens’ biostimulant, Asir Bio, seeks to reduce
the need for water required when applying spore-forming micro-
organisms such as fungi and bacteria. Most of such products
need to be applied by irrigation, making them inapplicable under
non-irrigated and dry farming conditions. Asir Bio increases
plant-available water, particularly during germination and after
transplanting. That is achieved through a patented dry milled
fibre contained in the tablets, which increases the field capacity
water content.
Chinese company Chengdu New Sun Crop Science presents the
plant growth regulator, 14-hydroxylated brassinolide formulation.
It is extracted from natural plant pollen with selective enzymatic
hydrolysis extraction. The product promotes plant growth and
increases crop yield and resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, such
as drought, salinity, heat, cold and diseases. When mixed with
other chemical compounds, it acts as a safener to relieve chemical
stress on crops.
US company Locus Agricultural Solutions’ Rhizolizer is a microbial
soil amendment product based on Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and
Trichoderma harzianum. It increases crop productivity and soil
carbon deposition by enhancing soil health, improving root growth,
maximising nutrient uptake and supporting against biotic and
abiotic stresses. Locus’ microbrewery fermentation technology
results in cost-effective solutions that are up to 1,000x the potency
of other offerings with industry-low application rates.
transplanting. That is achieved through a patented dry milled
fibre contained in the tablets, which increases the field capacity
water content.
UK company Battelle Memorial Institute and Japanese company
Mitsui Agriscience International have discovered novel
formulation constituents that stabilise liquid formulations of around
35 sulfonylurea herbicide active ingredients. The companies say
that liquid formulations constitute only around a quarter of global
sulfonylurea sales of some $3.5 billion. They note that there are no
commercially significant liquid formulations of seven of the ten top-
selling sulfonylurea ais, which is because of the chemical instability
of most sulfonylureas in liquid formulations.
Bayer presents its fungicide, Fox Xpro SC (trifloxystrobin +
prothioconazole + bixafen) as an innovative formulation for the
control of Asian soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi). The
formulation was developed with the intention of delivering as much
of the active ingredients to the target as possible and minimising
unwanted off-target losses for reduced environmental impact. That
resulted in a product that is highly performing, robust, with
enhanced sustainability and with improved operator safety.
Corteva Agriscience presents its i-Q4 technology for its cereal
fungicide, fenpicoxamid (trade-marked as Inatreq). i-Q4 technology
increases spray droplet retention, spontaneous redistribution of
droplets across the leaf surface, and penetration, resulting in
enhanced delivery to the target and rainfastness within 15 minutes.

US company Loveland Products’ biostimulant, Maritime, is a highly

soluble solution of biologically digested kelp, which augments a
balanced crop nutrition programme. Maritime’s key differentiator is
its proprietary biological extraction process, which separates it from
the standard chemical extraction methods found in other kelp
products. Maritime has a higher concentration of key bio-active
compounds that can help improve crop quality, reduce crop stress
and contribute to better soil health in specialty crops.

Best Formulation Innovation

Ukrainian company Alfa Smart Agro presents Smart CompleX
Technology. It relates to water-based suspension concentrates in
which the metal prochloraz complex, with an appropriate anion, is
produced in situ as an integrated part of the manufacturing of
water-based suspension concentrates. Smart CompleX Technology
can transform the whole formulation approach to neat prochloraz
and metal complexes, because it allows in an easy and cost-
effective way, the manufacture of water-based suspension
concentrates of products, previously available only in solid forms.

Spanish company Atens has focused on reducing the need for

water required when applying spore-forming micro-organisms such
as fungi and bacteria. Most of such products need to be applied by
irrigation, making them inapplicable under non-irrigated and dry
farming conditions. Aten’s biostimulant, Asir Bio, increases plant-
available water, particularly during germination and after

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Because of this formulation innovation,
Inatreq delivers exceptional biological
performance at half the use rate of a
conventional suspension concentrate
formulation, significantly decreasing the
potential environmental load of the
formulation.
UK company Eden Research’s Sustaine is a
patented encapsulation solution based on
natural and biodegradable micro-spheres
producing easy-to-apply stabilised aqueous
emulsions. Eden points out that by 2025,
pesticides containing microplastics are
likely to be removed from the EU, except for
acceptable biodegradable formulations. It
claims Sustaine to be one of the only viable
and immediately registerable solutions to
the microplastics problem. The company
uses the formulation in its biofungicide,
Mevalone, and bionematicide, Cedroz.
Russian company Schelkovo Agrohim
presents its microemulsion-based fungicide,
Deposit ME (fludioxonil + imazalil +
metalaxyl). The treatment solution
dispersion is less than 0.1 μm, enabling the
deepest possible penetration of the product
through microcapillaries into a seed,
controlling all infections, including latent
ones. The microemulsion ensures high
performance due to the homogeneity and
stability of the treatment solution. It
guarantees high-quality seed treatment,
avoiding flaking off and mechanical losses
during storage, transportation and seeding.
Best Application Technology
Innovation
UK company Agrovista points out that a
key area of its adjuvant research and
development focuses on improving
application efficacy. The company uses
specially modified sprayers to conduct
replicated trials that investigate
conventional and exploratory application
techniques. The interaction between
pesticides and adjuvants is also an area of
research. The company claims to have
contributed to application best practice in
all markets where it operates.
BASF Korea presents its Sercadis
(fluxapyroxad - trade-marked as Xemium)
chemigation fungicide application system
to be delivered through a drip irrigation line.
Sercadis is the first fungicide introduced in
the chemigation application market,
enabling growers more stable disease
protection for plastic greenhouse
vegetables. It provides growers more
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convenient and time-saving application and
reduces the risk of exposure. It is mainly
being used in watermelons and is being
tested in melons and cucumbers.
Canadian company Bee Vectoring
Technology has developed a system that
bypasses issues inherent to conventional
pesticides, by using bees to deliver
biopesticides. As the bees leave their hive
to forage, they pick up trace amounts of
product and carry it to the bloom, where it
can colonise and outcompete other
pathogens. The bee delivery method
drastically decreases the amount of
wasted product and off-target application
and can save thousands of gallons of
water used in sprays.
Chinese company Chengdu New Sun Crop
Science has developed co-extraction
technology, which improves the efficacy of
plant-based pesticides. The technology is
based on principles of traditional Chinese
medicine and involves extracting ais from
two or more different plant species
together. The extraction yield of ais
increases by 10-30% compared with that
of the single species extraction
technology. The company has also found
that co-extracted formulations typically
have higher disease control efficacy than
individual species extraction or tank
mixed extractions.
FMC Agricultural Solutions’ PrecisionPac
Application Innovation Version 3 is a custom
blending system designed to precisely meter
dry formulated herbicides in prescriptive
combinations for custom weed control in
cereal crops. The technology measures,
blends and dispenses herbicide
combinations into a flexible pouch in
volumes customised to sprayer tank or field
size. Hundreds of acres of crop protection in
a single disposable bag eliminates
measuring and mixing in the field and open
containers at season end.
Chinese company XAG’s iRASS Intelligent
Rotary Atomisation Spraying System is a
patented precision spraying innovation,
embedded on XAG P Series Plant Protection
UAS. The iRASS makes chemical application
more efficient and helps farmers reduce at
least 30% of pesticide use and conserve
90% of water resources. The technology
helps farmers manage their fields more
effectively and ensure a safer, healthier
food supply, while leaving a smaller
footprint on the planet.
Best Packaging Innovation
Adama (5-litre branded packaging)
Corteva Agriscience (5-litre angled neck
fluorinated HDPE Bottle for Inatreq)
ChemChina subsidiary Adama presents
packaging intended for all its crop
protection products sold in 5 litre packages.
The design was developed through
research conducted in 15 countries. The
packaging has a quick open cap, which is
larger, textured and without a foil seal.
A larger and flexible handle allows easy
pouring and carrying with gloved hands.
Rounded corners and sloping shoulders
facilitate smooth pouring and fast rinsing.
A clear view strip allows measuring leftover
product. Nodules and ridges afford a firm
and steady grip, even with wet gloves.
Corteva Agriscience is bringing forward a
new packaging solution for the 2020
launch of its cereal fungicide, fenpicoxamid
(trade-marked as Inatreq). The package is a
monomaterial angled-neck 5 litre bottle. It
minimises operator exposure and allows
easy product pouring. The angled neck is
compatible with closed transfer systems
and enables complete emptying. Disposal is
easy, because the streamlined design gets
rinsed efficiently, and the monomaterial
HDPE improves the ability to recycle the
bottle, reducing environmental impact.
Best Innovation in Digital
Farming Technology
ChemChina subsidiary Adama has sought
to solve the decision problem facing fruit
growers about when to thin an apple or
pear tree so as to avoid under-thinning or
over-thinning. BreviSmart is a dynamic,
easy-to-use decision support tool giving
advisers a precise thinning date and the
confidence to advise growers when and
how to apply Adama’s fruit-thinner, Brevis
(metamitron). Already used on commercial
apple orchards in over ten countries,
BreviSmart is due for a widescale rollout in
the coming year.
Indian company CropIn Technology’s
SmartRisk is a predictive and prescriptive
solution for risk monitoring, mitigation and
forecasting intelligence. The artificial
intelligence and machine learning-based
platform detects cropping patterns and
predicts the future of the crop, highlighting
the associated risk and opportunity for
agri-stakeholders. Growers can achieve
plot-level crop detection and yield forecast
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through the SmartRisk capabilities that also
provides insights on the historical
performance of every pixel at plot/state/
country level.
The Philippines-based International Rice
Research Institute considers precision in
plant nutrition management as of most
significant concern to achieve the goal of
sustainable development. It points to Site-
Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM) as a
tool for optimising the supply and demand
of nutrients to address spatial and
temporal variability and promoting
precision agriculture. Crop Manager, a web-
based decision tool, offers sustainable
livelihoods to resource-poor farmers. Its
recommendations have benefited over
100,000 farmers in eastern India.
Israeli company Taranis’ artificial
intelligence-powered precision agriculture
platform is changing the way farmers
traverse and treat crops by harnessing
technology to help them effectively
monitor thousands of acres of land. With
no other option than to manually traverse
large acres of land, even the most
experienced farmers face challenges
diagnosing the wide array of issues they
must anticipate. Taranis’ database utilises
deep-learning technology to identify crop
threats on a granular level, enabling
farmers to make informed decisions.
Bayer subsidiary The Climate
Corporation’s digital agriculture platform,
Climate FieldView, visually displays a
farmer’s data as he passes through a field,
providing a near real-time view of activity
and characteristics in specific field zones
as the farmer passes through them. The
company claims to have the broadest
equipment connectivity and applications
portfolio in the agriculture industry. The
Climate FieldView is on more than 60
million paid acres across the US, Canada,
Brazil and Europe.
UPL is focusing on digital technology to
enable growers to monitor water
consumption in order to plan irrigation in
the most optimised manner. A system has
been built whereby a grower can monitor
field requirements and conditions from
anywhere. The company claims the system
to be highly efficient in avoiding wastage of
resources compared with the conventional
approach. It targets not only traditional or
large farming processes but also organic
farming and family farming operations.
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Best Innovation in Precision
Farming Technology
ChemChina subsidiary Adama’s smart
sensing solution, Agrint, protects palm trees
from devastating red palm weevil
(Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) attacks, saving
growers thousands of dollars and
minimising the environmental risk
compared with blanket insecticide control.
Using vibration sensors, Agrint warns the
grower of weevil larvae attack at the
earliest opportunity, allowing them to
target control and limit the spread of a pest
that destroys 80 million trees a year at a
cost of $2 billion.
FMC Agricultural Solutions’ PrecisionPac
application innovation version 3 is a
custom blending system designed to
precisely meter dry formulated herbicides
in prescriptive combinations for custom
weed control in cereals. Herbicide
combinations are measured, blended and
dispensed into a flexible pouch in volumes
customised to sprayer tank or field size.
Growers buy only what they need, and
RFID technology ensures that the right
product in the right place.
Chinese company XAG’s Smart Agriculture
Solutions consist of four parts: building
digital farming infrastructure; providing
drones and robots for precision agriculture;
connecting land, crop, farmer and
consumer by utilising Agriculture IoT
System; and making agriculture AI
practical. The solutions incorporate the use
of Real-time Kinematic (RTK) precise
navigation technology, XMission surveying
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS),
autonomous P Series Plant Protection UAS,
XIoT Agriculture IoT System, as well as
farming AI in practice. The solutions aim to
digitalise the whole farming process.
Best Stewardship Programme
Australian organisation Agsafe’s AgBytes is
an online training platform to enhance
safety and stewardship along the
agrochemical supply-chain in Australia.
The open-access online training has been
developed after engaging with
manufacturers and retailers to strengthen
the awareness of best practices in safe
handling, transport and storage of
agrochemicals. It helps ensure that
manufacturers and retailers are aware
of emerging regulatory issues and
maintain their operations at best industry
standards concerning safe distribution of
the products.
Chinese company Chengdu New Sun Crop
Science developed a proprietary “8
Standards” whole-cycle standardised
biological crop management program (“8S
Program”) to ensure a more sustainable
future. The 8S Program also enables
farmers to deliver a healthier and more
productive harvest to market. It spans
production to consumption and applies
organic and green agricultural principles
from the initial stages of soil preparation to
when the food is on the table. It provides
customised biological products, solutions,
and service to farmers.
Corteva Agriscience started the Safe Food
Safe Farmer stewardship campaign in
Maharashtra, India, in 2018. Since then, it
has reached tens of thousands of
stakeholders, focusing on good stewardship
of seeds and crop protection products. This
training programme builds farmer
capabilities in good agricultural practices,
responsible storage, handling, and use of
crop protection products. It enables
improved crop performance,
environmentally friendly practices, more
favourable country regulations, and
community programmes.
CropLife Canada’s initiative, Manage
Resistance Now, is a collaborative effort led
by CropLife Canada to be the leading voice
and information source for resistance
management in Canada. This is a first-of-
its-kind initiative in the country and
provides a holistic approach, which includes
resources on cultural, mechanical,
biological and chemical best management
practices. It aims to increase knowledge
and promote adoption of strategies that
will lead to a reduction of weed, insect and
disease resistance.
FMC Agricultural Solutions’ efforts are
focused on the soil. Many farmers lack a
basic knowledge of soil science, which
contributes to lower yields and permanent
loss of arable land. The company introduced
Doctor Soil as an educational activity
comprising a mobile laboratory including
soil testing equipment and an audiovisual
system featuring documentaries. It
provided basic knowledge on the
importance of organic matter, soil pH, and
informed use of fertilisers.
The Brazilian national institute for processing
empty packages, the inpEV, has redesigned
its free remote education course about the
Campo Limpo (clean field) system, which
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covers the regulatory legislation on the
disposal of empty agrochemical packaging,
the responsibilities of each involved
stakeholder, the work carried out at the
receiving units and proper destination
(recycling or incineration). Once the course is
concluded, students can print out a
certificate of participation.
Best Marketing Campaign
ChemChina subsidiary Adama’s “Made by
Many” campaign tells the story of the
development and launch of the company’s
new crop protection packaging. The
campaign’s main message that “farmers
spoke, we delivered” reflects the fact that
Adama created its new packaging and
specific features in response to input from
farmers around the world who shared their
pain points around the company’s previous
packaging. The company used traditional
and digital media to run a teaser campaign
followed by the full campaign.
Corteva Agriscience launched its rice
herbicide, Loyant (florpyrauxifen-benzyl –
trade-marked as Rinskor) accompanied by
an unprecedented multimedia campaign
highlighting the product’s unique attributes
while connecting with growers’ passion for
rice production. The focus was emotive,
reflecting the personal and family legacy
connection beyond simply raising rice, but
rather, as the grower’s way of life. The
campaign targeted crop consultants,
providing awareness of the new product
and its unique attributes.
FMC Agricultural Solutions’ marketing
campaign was for the launch of its
fungicide, Lucento (bixafen + flutriafol). The
company implemented a multi-faceted
campaign, which integrated marketing and
communications and synchronised efforts
with its marketing and sales teams.
Through this approach, FMC created
numerous touchpoints with and
communications to growers, retailers and
university researchers. It resulted in FMC
exceeding its first-year sales goal for
Lucento and grew its share of the row crop
fungicide market.
FMC ran “Doctor Soil” to address the issue
of the lack of elementary knowledge of soil
science and soil fertility among Pakistani
Farmers. The marketing activity comprised
a mobile soil testing facility coupled with a
soil science expert at a farmer’s doorstep.
Each Doctor Soil unit has an audiovisual
setup and soil testing equipment mounted
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on the vehicle to run documentaries
providing knowledge to farmers about
essentials of soil science and recommend
customised fertility solution.
Spanish company Seipasa’s campaign
“Through the eyes of the New Generation”
was launched to reinforce the presence of
the biofungicide, Fungisei (Bacillus subtilis
strain AB/BS03), in those markets where it
was already being sold and to announce
the arrival of new registrations in strategic
markets. The campaign combines two key
components: the added value of Seipasa in
its vision to anticipate the market; and the
role being played by a new generation of
farmers.
ChemChina subsidiary Syngenta’s
campaign focused on the launch of its
fungicide, Miravis Ace (pydiflumetofen –
trade-marked as Adepidyn +
propiconazole), in the US wheat market,
which was dominated by two established
brands. Using a pre- and post-launch
marketing campaign spearheaded by the
catch phrase “Get a Head Start on Head
Scab”, the company was able to capture
over 40% market share in the first year. It
expects continued impact on the next
season, hoping to capture over 50% of
the market.
Best Public Outreach
Programme
BASF in China ran a social initiative called
“Grow with BASF”. Aiming to cultivate
students’ interests in science, chemistry
and agriculture in agricultural provinces,
BASF offered specially designed hands-on
and inspiring chemistry experiments. Along
with benefiting the next generation, the
company claims to be creating impact
directly in local communities. It supports
better understanding of how agrochemical
products can benefit farming and how
modern farming can be a key factor in
supporting economic development.
Corteva Agriscience is partnering with the
BBC on “Follow the Food,” an eight-episode
documentary outreach series designed to
provide well-rounded information on
agriculture and food production to a diverse
audience, including viewers in the
agriscience industry, government officials,
NGOs and other thought leaders. Launched
in June 2019, and continuing through late
2020, this multi-channel outreach campaign
is effectively reaching wide audiences with
objective and balanced messages.
CropLife Canada’s Real Farm Lives is a
documentary web series that aims to
challenge the misconceptions that many
Canadians have about the people who
grow their food and how it is grown. The
series, which is supported by a dedicated
website with further information about the
benefits of plant science innovations, gives
Canadians an entertaining and informative
glimpse into the daily lives of real farm
families across Canada. Season one was
released in autumn 2018 and the next
season will debut in autumn 2019.
Best Supplier
Limin Chemical is a national designated
pesticide manufacturing enterprise and
among the 30 enterprises in China’s
pesticide industry. It is committed to
providing “efficient, low toxicity and low
residue” manufacture of pesticide products.
It supplies fungicides, especially
dithiocarbamates. The company has
ISO9001 quality certification, ISO14001
environmental certification and
OHSAS18001 occupational health and
safety system authentication. It is also a
member of China environmental protection
association.
Chinese company Maxunitech is a
comprehensive manufacturing enterprise,
which produces agricultural as well as
non-agriculture chemical products for the
global market. It incorporates a trading
company, Zhejiang Zhuji United
Chemicals, and two plants, Max (Rudong)
Chemicals and Oriental (Luzhou)
Agrochemicals. The company prides itself
on quick response to the market, full
respect for intellectual property, and
good understanding of customers’
expectation. Maxunitech highlights its
product quality, on-time delivery, price
competitiveness and supply stability.
Chinese company Zhejiang Xinan Chemical
Industrial Group is mainly engaged in crop
protection and silicone materials industries.
The company is a stable supplier of the
herbicides, glyphosate and diuron, and the
fungicide, carbendazim, and their
formulations. It places emphasis on the
concepts of “green chemistry and sustainable
development”. The company claims to be the
industry leader of glycine-routed glyphosate.
The technology of chlorine recycling
ultilisation between glyphosate and
organosilicone production systems,
promotes Wynca’s competitive strength in
agrochemical manufacturing cost.
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Emerging Region
Ukrainian company Alfa Smart Agro was
founded in 1999. Following its decision to
focus more on the development of new
products, it launched a formulation plant
and quickly became one of Ukraine’s
biggest pesticide suppliers. The company
succeeded by creating a new approach to
the generic segment -- innovation through
the development of products focusing on
farmers’ needs. In 2018, Alfa Smart Agro
introduced nine new products, increased
its crop protection sales by 30%, and
increased its market share.
Insecticides India is one of the leading
crop protection companies in India having
significant presence in the Indian and
international markets. In its fiscal year
ended March 31st 2019, it achieved sales
of $173 million with an 8% of share in the
Indian market. The company is listed on
the national stock market and is backed
by its state-of-the-art manufacturing
facilities spread across six manufacturing
locations. Insecticides India exports to
21 countries.
Established in 1991, Limin Chemical is a
large-scale agrochemical manufacturer in
China. Among the recognitions it has
received are “National High-Tech
Enterprise”, “Chinese Agrochemical
Industry Association Routine Director
Unit”, and “China Well-known Trademark”.
The company is also a director unit of the
Chinese Environmental Protection
Association. Its independent research and
development of wastewater treatment
technology and application technology
won the “National Science and Technology
Progress Award” by the State Council.
Chinese company Maxunitech, established
in 2000, manufactures agricultural as well
as non-agricultural chemical products for
the global market. It incorporates a
trading company, Zhejiang Zhuji United
Chemicals, and two plants, Max (Rudong)
Chemicals and Oriental (Luzhou)
Agrochemicals. Maxunitech prides itself
on quick response to the market, full
respect for intellectual property, and good
understanding of customers’ expectation.
It was the first generic producer of
flufenacet fungicide with its patented and
free-to-operate process chemistry.
Chinese company Sichuan Leshan Fuhua
Tongda Agrochemical Technology is a
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subsidiary of the Sichuan Fuhua Group,
and was founded in 2006. The Fuhua
Group operates in a variety of business
areas but the production of glyphosate-
based agrochemicals is its most important
area. It ranks among top Chinese
companies mainly due to glyphosate
exports. The company is also in the hybrid
seeds business. After ten years’
development, Fuhua claims to have grown
to be among the world’s top 20
agricultural enterprises.
Chinese company XAG has been holding
firm in its unwavering commitment to
build a new era of smart agriculture,
especially in China. It views China’s
agriculture as having great potential,
owning 8% of arable lands of the world,
but feeding 20% of global population.
After 12 years of development, XAG has
reached a leading position by introducing
over 30,000 drones, large amounts of
sensors and artificial intelligence on over
6 million ha of farmland for over
4.7 million farmers.
Best Supporting Role
ADAS’ Yield Enhancement Network (YEN)
connects agribusinesses, researchers,
farmers and advisers. The focus of YEN is
to identify innovators and support their
innovation on farm. YEN allows farmers to
benchmark their yield and a wide range of
relevant metrics against other participants.
Each participant receives an estimated
yield potential, based on their own soil
and environment, and can participate in a
yield competition. There are five crop
specific networks focused on cereals,
oilseeds, grass, peas and beans.
Compliance Services International is a
regulatory consultancy providing solutions
for organisations faced with regulatory
and environmental challenges in the EU,
US, and rest of the world. It combines
traditional sciences with developing
technologies to deliver economically
sensible and scientifically sound results.
The company offers cost-effective
consultation and management in
accordance with client goals. It celebrated
30 years of dedicated service to the crop
protection industry in 2018.
Dextra International works with clients in
over 35 countries, covering services such
as market intelligence, regulatory affairs,
sales strategies and mergers and
acquisitions. The company has recently
established a joint venture with Grant
Thornton International to provide a fully
specialised M&A service for the
agrochemical industry. Dextra’s main
mission and values are concentrated on
providing added value, professionalism
and success its projects. The company
is driven by transparency, honesty and
full commitment.
ERM Regulatory Services provides the full
suite of regulatory services to
agrochemical and biologics companies,
with a focus on the European market. With
over 20 years of experience, and a growing
team of over 50 experts with experience in
industry, regulatory authorities, CROs and
other consultancies, ERM provides high
quality regulatory support and advice.
ERM also provides a wider range of
complementary services for the chemicals
industry, such as advice on sustainability
issues and mergers and acquisitions
due diligence.
JDM Scientific Research Organization is a
research and development centre and
contract research organisation (CRO)
based at Vadodara, Gujarat, India. The
centre is a one-stop solution catering to
research, analytical chemistry,
toxicological profiling and efficacy
tudies and serving the agrochemical,
pharmaceutical, food and additives and
other industries. JDM is accredited to GLP,
ISO 17025 and recognised by the
Department of Scientific & Industrial
Research, Government of India. The
company has filed for formulation patents
and some have been already granted.
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AgroChemEx& IFAE& AgroTech is an annual agrochemical exhibition and symposium organized by China Crop
Protection Industry Association (CCPIA). With a focus on becoming an international platform for the agrochemical
business in China, AgroChemEx& IFAE& AgroTech attracted more and more agrochemical enterprises and purchasers.
AgroChemEx& IFAE& AgroTech 2019 will be held during 16th to 18th of October in Shanghai World Expo Exhibition
Center. With some 700 companies exhibiting over an area of 42,000 square metres, AgroChemEx& IFAE& AgroTech
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 Sumitomo agchem
sales dip in 2018/19
Sumitomo Chemical’s agrochemical sales
slipped by 0.2% to ¥278,909 million ($2,585.5
million at the current rate) in its fiscal year
ended March 31st 2019. Sales were held
back by extreme weather conditions in North
America towards the end of the period and
adverse exchange rates for the Brazilian real
and the Indian rupee, the company points out.
However, revenues rose in Brazil and India.
Agrochemicals accounted for 82.5% of
Sumitomo’s health and crop sciences sector
in fiscal 2019. The sector posted a 0.5%
increase in revenues to ¥338,100 million
and a drop in operating profit of some 55%
to ¥19,700 million.
A 10% decline in agrochemical sales in
North America was partly offset by gains in
Europe and Japan.
All major product categories registered
declines in sales. Insecticide sales were
down by 3.2% to ¥110,273 million and
accounted for 39.5% of the total.
During the year, the company introduced the
fungicide, Intuity (mandestrobin), in Germany
and Poland for the control of Sclerotinia
stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) on oilseed
rape and the insecticide, Pleo (pyridalyl), in
Mexico for lepidopteran pest control on
vegetables. It also debuted a new liquid
formulation of the herbicide, Fierce MTZ
(flumioxazin), in the US. The expansion of the
company’s biorational product portfolio
continued with the launch of the S-abscisic
acid-based plant growth regulators, Protone
for use on grapevines in Brazil and ConShape
for Christmas trees in Austria.
In Japan, product introductions included:
the rice herbicide, Masurao (imazosulfuron
+ pyriminobac-methyl + fenquinotrione);
the rice nursery box insecticide/fungicide,
Hakoshougun (chlorantraniliprole +
triflumezopyrim + isotianil + furametpyr);
the garden fungicide, Nimaibar (benomyl +
diethofencarb); and the garden insecticide/
fungicide, Dantotsu Limber (clothianidin +
furametpyr).

Sumitomo’s agchem sales by region (¥ million)

Year ended March 31st 2018 ($ million)1 % change 2019 ($ million)1
North America 84,103 (779.6) -9.8 75,848 (703.1)

Japan 78,563 (728.3) +6.2 83,461 (773.7)

Asia (excluding Japan) 42,428 (393.3) -0.9 42,048 (389.8)

Europe 29,446 (273.0) +8.0 31,811 (294.9)

Others 44,944 (416.6) +1.8 45,742 (424.0)

Total 279,484 (2,590.8) -0.2 278,909 (2,585.5)

1
at the current rate.

Sumitomo’s agchem sales by category (¥ million)

Year ended March 31st 2018 ($ million)1 % change 2019 ($ million)1
Insecticides 113,896 (1,055.8) -3.2 110,273 (1,022.2)

Herbicides 72,848 (675.3) -5.2 69,047 (640.1)

Fungicides 36,770 (340.9) -7.7 33,928 (314.5)

Others 55,970 (518.8) +17.3 65,661 (608.7)

Total 279,484 (2,590.8) -0.2 278,909 (2,585.5)

1
at the current rate.

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ISK agchem sales
down 7% in 2018/19
Japanese company Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha
(ISK) recorded a 6.6% drop in agrochemical
sales to ¥46,500 million ($431 million at the
current rate) in its fiscal year ended March 31st
2019. Domestic sales were flat but overseas
sales declined. Gains in the Americas were
more than offset by lower sales in the Europe/
Africa region due to inventory adjustments.
Exports accounted for 69.2% of sales
compared with 71.5% in the prior fiscal year.
Fungicides remained ISK’s largest product
category, accounting for 44.9% of
agrochemical sales compared with 41.6%
in the previous year. Insecticides made up
26.7% of the total (26.3% in fiscal 2018),
followed by herbicides at 16% (18.9 %) and
others 12.4% (13.2%).
ISK received approvals for the fungicide,
pyriofenone, in Chile, Colombia, Honduras
and Guatemala this year. It is under
evaluation in Brazil and New Zealand.
The herbicide, tolpyralate, was approved in
Mexico and the Philippines this year, with
sales starting in Mexico. Sales began in
Argentina this year following approval in
2018. ISK applied for approval in Chile in
2016 and expects a decision this year. The
herbicide is under evaluation in the EU, India,
Brazil, Colombia, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
The insecticide, cyclaniliprole, was
registered in Australia in 2018 and sales
preparation is under way. It was approved
in Mexico this year but has not yet been
introduced. Cyclaniliprole is under
evaluation in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala,
Honduras, Peru and Vietnam.
A new formulation of cyclaniliprole was
registered in Japan this year as Double-
trigger SL. Other domestic approvals in
2018/19 included the fungicide, Saikaku
flowable (cyazofamid + chlorothalonil), and
the herbicides, Garden ajiran SL (asulam)
and Promise 1 kg GR (lancotrione sodium).
ISK is seeking to maximise sales volumes
by further strengthening co-operation with
newly established bases and subsidiaries.
It is also focusing on establishing sales
strategies tailored to specific regions.

ISK’s agchem sales by region1 (¥ million)

Year ended March 31st 2018 ($ million)2 % change 2019 ($ million)2
Japan 14,193 (132) +0.9 14,322 (133)

Europe & Africa 20,767 (193) -31.3 14,276 (132)

Americas 9,512 (88) +27.6 12,137 (113)

Asia excluding Japan 5,428 (50) +6.2 5,766 (53)

Total3 49,800 (462) -6.6 46,500 (431)

1
calculated from reported percentages; 2 at the current rate; 3 may not add up due to rounding.

ISK’s agchem sales by category1 (¥ million)

Year ended March 31st 2018 ($ million)2 % change 2019 ($ million)2
Fungicides 20,717 (192) +0.8 20,879 (194)

Insecticides 13,097 (121) -5.2 12,416 (115)

Herbicides 9,412 (87) -21.0 7,440 (69)

Others 6,574 (61) -12.3 5,766 (53)

Total3 49,800 (462) -6.6 46,500 (431)

1
calculated from reported percentages; 2 at the current rate; 3 may not add up due to rounding.

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Nissan agchem sales
down 10% in Q1
Nissan Chemical’s consolidated agrochemical
sales (including some veterinary products)
declined by 10.3% to ¥14,667 million
($138.5 million at the current rate) in the
first quarter of its fiscal year ending March
31st 2020. Operating profit decreased by
11.9% to ¥4,526 million ($42.7 million).
Revenues from within Japan were “strong”
owing to increased sales of the insecticide,
Isagro agchems fall
10% in second quarter
Italian agrochemical company Isagro’s
(Milan) miserable start to the year
continued into the second quarter. Its
agrochemical sales for the three months
fell by 10.4% to €34.1 million ($37.6 million
at the current rate). Sales of all products
fell even more steeply, off 26.5% at €34.4
million ($38 million).
Consolidated earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for
the quarter almost plummeted 91% to
some €798,000. They doubled in the same
period last year. Earnings before interest
and tax (EBIT) on all business turned
negative, going from a profit of €6.5 million
to a loss of €2.1 million.
Half year
Agrochemical business for the first six
months of the year declined by 13% to
€68.8 million. Total sales for the first half
were off by 18% at €73.1 million.
Isagro rated the market “particularly
unfavourable”, noting general downturns at
distributor level (mainly in North America
and Europe) and impacts from a
“tightening of the regulatory picture” in
Europe, with the “phase-out” of products in
the EU. The company suffered from lower
licensing business, and reduced sales of
tetraconazole fungicide in North America,
due to high stock levels as well as
“adverse” weather conditions.
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Nissan Chemical’s consolidated agrochemical1 sales (¥ million)
Quarter ended June 30th 2018 ($ million)2 % change 2019 ($ million)2
Sales 16,359 (154.4) -10.3 14,667 (138.5)
Operating income 5,216 (49.2) -13.2 4,526 (42.7)
1
includes some veterinary products; 2 at the current rate.
Gracia (fluxametamide), which was launched because of lower sales of the herbicide, Targa
in May in Japan. Overseas revenues decreased (quizalofop-ethyl), and other products.
EBITDA on all business fell by 62.7% to €5 For next year, the company anticipates a
million, while EBIT plunged from a positive boost from the launch of its fungicide,
€8.8 million to a loss of €1.1 million. fluindapyr. It notes that the active
ingredient was included in Brazil’s recent
Outlook priority list for “fast-track” registration.
Isagro expects recovery in the fourth Isagro is to focus long-term more on the
quarter, “following the progressive development of biological products, it says.
normalisation of external conditions”. It is
targeting full-year sales “not far from” the Divestment of Isagro Asia
level of last year with increased business Isagro has agreed a deal to divest its India-
from the Middle East, Africa and South based subsidiary, Isagro Asia, to Indian
America, against lower revenues from agrochemical company PI Industries for
licensing agreements. around $48 million.
Isagro results (€ 000)
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 ($ 000)1 % change 2019 ($ 000)1
Sales 46,837 (51,696) -26.5 34,403 (37,972)
Agrochemicals 38,024 (41,969) -10.4 34,079 (37,615)
EBITDA2 8,852 (9,770) -91.0 798 (881)
EBIT [loss]3 6,530 (7,207) na [2,064 (2,278)]
Six months
Sales 89,045 (98,283) -18.0 73,054 (80,633)
Agrochemicals 79,017 (87,215) -13.0 68,761 (75,895)
EBITDA2 13,348 (14,733) -62.7 4,974 (5,490)
EBIT [loss]3 8,755 (9,663) na [1,051 (1,160)]
at the current rate; earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation; earnings before interest and tax.
1 2 3
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Amvac’s agchem
sales up 2% in Q2
American Vanguard’s crop protection sales
rose by 1.5% to $95.9 million in the second
quarter of 2019. Higher sales of herbicides
and other products were partly offset by
lower sales of insecticides. Total revenues,
including non-crop business, grew by 5.7%
to $113.1 million.
Insecticide sales fell by 5.2% to $36.5
million. Sales of granular soil insecticides
were down by about 4% due to the weaker
performance of Thimet (phorate), which is
used mainly on peanuts and sugar cane,
and Counter (terbufos), which is used
primarily on maize and sugar beet.
Business was adversely affected by
weather-related application challenges, the
company points out. However, sales of
Aztec (tebupirimfos + cyfluthrin) were up by
about 26% as distributors and retailers
replenished stocks. There were also gains
for the cotton insecticide, Bidrin
(dicrtotophos), due to higher pest pressure.
Sales of herbicides, fungicides and
fumigants increased by 7.1% to $37.2
million. Herbicide business was up by about
38%, largely due to the addition of the
quizalofop-based Assure II products that
were acquired from Corteva Agriscience in
December 2018. Sales of Impact (BASF’s
topramezone), Dacthal (chlorthal-diethyl)
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and Parazone (paraquat) were flat or
slightly higher than in the second quarter
of 2018. The company saw higher
international sales of the bromacil-based
products, Hyvar and Krovar. Amvac posted
“significantly lower” sales of the fungicide,
chlorothalonil, due to abnormally high
supply (from expedited pre-tariff
importation) and pricing pressure in the
face of seasonally normal demand.
Sales of other products (including plant
growth regulators, molluscicides and toll
manufacturing) rose by 4.6% to $22.2
million. There were lower sales of the
cotton defoliant, Folex (tribufos), due to
shipment delays but increased usage is
expected in the third quarter.
Non-crop business grew by 36.6% to $17.2
million. That was due to increased sales of
the mosquito control product, Dibrom (naled),
higher pest strip sales and a “modest”
increase from the OHP horticultural business.
Overall US business was flat, rising by 0.3%
to $64.5 million. An 8.6% drop in crop
product sales was more than offset by a
36.6% increase in non-crop business. Last
month, the company lowered expectations
for its second-quarter and full-year results
due to the adverse weather conditions in
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American Vanguard’s results ($ 000) million. That was largely due to lower
sales of chlorothalonil while Impact and
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019
Dacthal were stable. Wet weather
Sales 107,046 +5.7 113,104 inhibited the application of Parazone and
metam-based soil fumigants. Partly
Crop protection 94,443 +1.5 95,885 offsetting those declines were the
acquisition of Assure II and gains for
Non-crop 12,603 +36.6 17,219
bromacil-based herbicides.
Operating expenses 34,718 +1.9 35,362
Sales of other products grew by 26.8% to
Operating income 8,579 -26.7 6,291 $37.8 million. The sector benefited from
the inclusion of the Brazilian business,
Net income 5,564 -44.2 3,106
modest gains for the AgriCenter business
Six months and improved sales of the plant growth
regulator, NAA. Those gains offset lower
Sales 211,154 +0.8 212,780 first-half sales of Folex and reduced toll
manufacturing activity.
Crop protection 185,761 -1.3 183,273
Non-crop business expanded by 16.2% to
Non-crop 25,393 +16.2 29,507
$29.5 million. Total US sales fell by 6% to
Operating expenses 68,418 +2.5 70,162 $126.1 million and international revenues
rose by 12.6% to $86.7 million.
Operating income 15,930 -17.2 13,193
Gross profit slipped by 1.2% to $83.4
Net income 10,169 -31.0 7,012
million, with that for crop protection down
by 4.8% to $68.4 million and for non-crop
the US that delayed or prevented planting output to achieve significant second-half business up by 19.6% to $14.9 million. The
throughout the Mid-West and south- inventory reductions. gross margin was 39% (40%), with that for
eastern US. crop protection products 37% (39%) and
Six months non-crop products 50% (49%).
International sales rose by 13.8% to $48.6 Crop protection product sales fell by 1.3%
million. That was largely due to the to $183.3 million in the first six months of Outlook
acquisition of AgroVant and Defensive in 2019. Insecticide revenues were down by Amvac expects to see a solid performance
Brazil and the Assure II herbicides. 9.4% to $76.7 million. For non-granular from its soil fumigants, cotton harvest
products, a 50% gain from Bidrin was more products and its Central and South
Amvac recorded a 10.4% drop in gross profit than offset by reduced sales of abamectin American businesses in the second half of
for its crop protection business to $33.1 due to regional weather issues and the year. The company reiterates its full-
million and a 34.7% gain for that of its non- bifenthrin from generic pressures, Amvac year guidance of some $500 million in
crop business to $8.6 million. Overall gross points out. Sales of granular soil revenues and gross profit margins of
profit fell by 3.8% to $41.7 million. The gross insecticides were down by about 14% due around 38%. “Given the probable reduction
margin for crop protection products was to lower sales of Thimet, Counter, Mocap of 2019 US harvest results and reduced
35% (39% in the second quarter of 2018) (ethoprophos) and Nemacur (fenamiphos). levels of our products in channel inventory,
and that for non-crop products was 50% the domestic market may be poised for a
(50%). The overall gross margin was 37% Sales of herbicides, fungicides and rebound in 2020,” says chairman and CEO
(40%) as the company began moderating fumigants dropped by 3.5% to $68.7 Eric Wintemute.

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MBI sales up 22% in Q2
The US biopesticide company, Marrone Bio nuts, strawberries, tomatoes and PRAA4-1T), and the biofungicide, Regalia
Innovations (MBI – Davis, California), registered grapevines was driven by MBI’s BioUnite (Reynoutria sachalinensis extract).
a 21.6% revenue rise to some $7 million in strategy, which offers growers unique
the second quarter of 2019. Product sales combinations of bio-based crop protection Gross margins rose from 47.3% to 54.4% as a
rose by 22.1% to $6.9 million, while revenues products with chemical options in their IPM result of a favourable product mix. Gross profit
from licensing were flat at $115,000. programmes, the company notes. was up 39.9% at $3.8 million, but the net loss
was also up at $6.7 million. A $3 million
The company recorded continued growth Growth was led by foliar applications of increase in operating expenses was primarily
in the seasonally smaller specialty markets the bioinsecticides, Venerate (Burkholderia driven by legal, accounting and acquisition-
for trees, fruits, nuts, vegetables and rinojensis strain A396), and Grandevo related expenses. Planned investments in
grapevines. Significant uptake in various (Chromobacterium subtsugae strain strategic research and development
programmes and employee-related expenses
also led to the higher level of spending
MBI’s results ($ 000)
2nd qtr ended June 30th 2018 % change 2019 Six months
For the first six months of the year, revenues
Sales 5,752 +21.6 6,997
rose by 55.9% to $15.7 million. Product
products 5,637 +22.1 6,882 sales were up by 57% to $15.5 million and
licensing revenues were ahead by 7% to
licensing 115 - 115 $230,000. Sales doubled in the first quarter,
led by sales of Venerate for foliar
Gross profit 2,722 +39.9 3,809 applications in vegetables and for soil- and
Net profit (loss) (4,870) na (6,752) seed-applied applications in row crops.

Six months The gross margin rose from 47.7% to 56%.

Gross profit jumped by 81.3% to $8.8
Sales 10,076 +55.9 15,713 million, while the net loss was slightly up
at $10.7 million.
products 9,861 +57.0 15,483

licensing 215 +7.0 230 MBI has entered into a definitive

agreement for the acquisition of Pro Farm
Gross profit 4,804 +83.1 8,796 Technologies OY. That will expand the
company’s portfolio of bio-based products
Net profit (loss) (10,127) na (10,669)
for IPM and plant health, MBI says.

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 Low-risk ais in the EU:
Slow but sure progress
Speakers at the Agchem Forum this month
welcomed advances in the adoption and
improvements in the regulation of low-risk
substances, while demanding structural
changes. Each speaker stressed that the
matter should not be misunderstood as
referring to biologicals – these low risk
active ingredients can be biological or
chemical that meet legal criteria.
Dr Bernd Brielbeck from German regulatory
consultancy, SCC, contrasted the paucity of
approved active ingredients as low-risk
substances with the growth in such
approvals. There are 16 low-risk ais
approved in the EU compared with 440
conventional ais and 20 basic substances.
However, that is double the number of
eight last year.
Robt van Drent of the Dutch regulator, the
Ctgb, challenged the figures, claiming that
the figures were higher. “There are officially
16 approved low-risk substances in the EU,
but two were voted through by standing
committee in July and will probably be
published this month, taking the total to
18, while there are another 58 potential
low-risk ais,” he says. The latter are those
approved under the previous system that
did not categorise low-risk ais. The Dutch
regulator also challenged the term low risk,
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noting that hazard-based cut off criteria
are used to define them.
Dr Brielbeck gave a broad perspective from
treaties and laws over decades to new
moves such as EU-mandated national
action plans towards more sustainable
use. A framework has been constructed
largely over 30 years. However, the
constitutional basis incorporates the Paris
Summit of 1972, as well as the Maastricht
and Lisbon Treaties of 1992-2009. From
those came the free movement of goods
upon which mutual recognition is based.
Over 20 years, environmental directives and
regulations were passed to protect wild
birds and habitats.
In Germany, issues arising from the most
recent re-approval for glyphosate herbicide
led to a biodiversity law. “BVL approvals
were limited until the end of this year,
particularly for herbicides and insecticides,
because the environmental agency would
not approve beyond that on biodiversity
issues. A German court has recently found
that this was not a legal issue and has
halted these limitations of approvals for
now,” Dr Brielbeck noted.
“The Water Framework Directive moved
gradually into our industry legislation as did
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that for Persistent Organic Pollutants [POPs]
with their impact on cut-off criteria,” he
pointed out.
“The timeframe is approximately two
decades until 2009 and several new
legislation including the current EU
agrochemical registration Regulation
1107/2009. The subsequent last decade
has seen things moving faster, if not fast
enough,” Dr Brielbeck averred. “These
include legislation not directly related to
our industry, such as the Circular Economy
Strategy of 2015 [covering production, use
and waste management], which was a tool
used to introduce fertiliser regulation
leading to biostimulants not being allowed
for dual use.”
But Regulation 1107/2009 introduced the
low-risk category, which grants benefits
such as a longer 15-year approval period,
he noted. “Regulation 2017/1432
[introducing legislation for low-risk
substances] amended 1107/2009 to be
more usable and account for special
situations that have arisen, while EPPO
[European and Mediterranean Plant
Protection Organisation] guidelines PP
1/296 introduced lower efficacy
requirements for low risk products.”
Mr van Drent gave a less broad perspective,
looking at legal framework and criteria for
such substances, the Ctgb’s experience,
and forthcoming challenges.
Regulation 1107 seeks to favour the
inclusion of “low-risk” ais, and incentivise
the placing on the market of low-risk
products. The ais must first meet general
criteria for ai approvals, then additionally
meet further criteria for low-risk ais.
Products based on them would be
expected to be rated as low risk.
The low-risk criteria were incorporated into
legislation in 2017, are hazard-based and
come in two sets: for chemicals and micro-
organisms. Those for chemicals are several,
but for micro-organisms only one, namely
based on microbial resistance.
Potentially low risk
The Dutch regulator highlighted the non-legal
category of “potentially low-risk” ais. “During
my time at the Commission we realised that
low-risk PPP concept was gaining political
traction but few approvals existed for low-risk
ais or products. But that was partly due to ais
already being approved under the old
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Directive 91/414 which lacked low-risk ais as
a concept,” he noted. Low-risk products must
contain only low-risk ais, not include any risk
mitigation measures following risk
assessment, and not contain a substance of
concern such as a co-formulant.
“But there are many ais up for re-approval
which may be renewed as low risk,” he
added. The Commission then considered
ways of adding ais to the list of low risk
without going through a reapproval, but it
was legally unsound. So, we created a list
of those we considered likely to be
reapproved as low risk. There are 58 of
those, including micro-organisms and
naturally derived substances.
On this basis, the numbers are far greater.
As well as the 16-18 approved low-risk ais,
the total including the 58 potentially low-
risk ais is 76. That would account for 16% of
all approved ais in the EU, Mr van Drent
calculated. He emphasised that the number
was an estimate and had no legal backing.
The 18 include: nine fungicides, six elicitors,
and one each of insecticide, nematicide and
molluscicide. There are 75 approved low-risk
products taken from data in a 2018 study in
22 of the 28 EU member states. “That’s quite
low among thousands of approved products.”
He also cited statistics calculating how many
cumulative ais are approved that qualify not
only as low risk but also basic, semiochemical,
plant extract and micro-organisms. The
numbers came to 120 this year, a gradual rise
from just under 80 in 2014.
Mr van Drent noted some of the
Regulation’s incentives for low risk
approvals. Low-risk ais gain on first
approval, a 15-year authorisation rather
than ten for other products, while products
enjoy 13 years of data protection against
ten for non-low risk products, a fast track
authorisation procedure of 120 days plus
six months for need of additional data and
the right to mention status in advertising.
Timeline experience
Mr van Drent calculated the timelines for
approved ais “in the past few years” of
about eight of the 16 low-risk ais – the
other were reapprovals “so of less
relevance in calculating timelines”. From
dossier to admissibility took typically five
months, and from admissibility of the
dossier to approvals, some 37 months.
They consisted of 15 months for risk
assessment, 12 months EFSA conclusions,
and ten months to decision and
publication. “These are within the legal
timelines, but unfortunately there is no
clear trend downwards,” he noted.
EPPO guidance on efficacy evaluation on
low-risk products was delivered in 2017 – a
guidance document on low-risk ais and
products and on antimicrobial resistance in
microbial products. Each remain in
development, and the EPPO is working a
revision of uniform principles and data
requirements for micro-organisms. The
guidance document of antimicrobial
resistance in microbial-base products is
being worked on by an EU working group
on biopesticides. “In 2013, there was lots of
discussion on micro-organisms, and
agreement that a criterion should be
included. That became the antimicrobial
resistance criterion but that created
questions such as ‘what is resistance?’.”
The authorities expected that many micro-
organisms would qualify as low risk with
only needing to meet one criterion.
Since the updated criteria have been
followed, the Ctgb has granted approvals to
28 products based on low-risk ais, and 15
“officially” low-risk products.
Biologicals
Dr Brielbeck pointed out that drivers of data
requirements are negative: fear and the
precautionary principle. “And they come
from chemicals, so the default issue is a
chemical one. In the case of secondary
metabolites in microbials, as well as for
other low risk substances, a more positive
approach would be helpful,” he complained.
The European Parliament has replaced the
Commission as the driver for low-risk
approvals, Dr Brielbeck identified. That
includes a parliamentary resolution in
February this year. MEPs see that current
regulations do not fit biologicals, as they
were made for chemicals. The Parliament
regrets the low availability of low-risk ais.
“We agree concerning how many there are,
but not if you consider the growth of
approvals.” MEPs also find that the lengthy
authorisation process needs to be remedied,
with the shorter 120-day authorisation
process for such ais rarely met at member
state level. However, Dr Brielbeck counters
MEPs’ perception that insufficient funds are
going into research, citing Horizon 2020.
The Dutch regulator noted that biologicals
are just a category or categories of low-risk
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ais. “While low risk is not a homogenous
group, biologicals are a prime candidate
group for such approvals, and it is best to
focus expertise on specific categories.”
The Ctgb has formed a special team of risk
assessors ¬– the Ctgb Green Team ¬ focused
on biopesticides. They focus on micro-
organisms, pheromones and plant extracts. It
has launched evaluation manuals and
workshops for biopesticides; has discussed the
usability of studies in dossiers submitted to US
EPA when they fit EU data requirements; and
charges lower fees as the assessments are
shorter. Despite investing in fast track
timelines, these are neither being met in the
Netherlands, nor in the EU. “But we are going
beyond the rules to invest in that.”
Jennifer Lewis from the International
Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA)
noted that the biologicals market has
enjoyed a 13% compound aggregate growth
rate in the past five years, and anticipates
similar growth for the next five years.
The IBMA published a white paper for a
“proportionate regulation”, advocating a twin
track approach. “The European Commission
President elect, Ursula von der Leyen, is
advocating a move towards agriculture based
on low risk ais and biologicals, and asking:
‘how do we get to more sustainable
agriculture?’,” Ms Lewis noted.
The twin-track approach focuses on data
requirements and a new regulation for the
approval of biological products. She claimed
that there was general agreement that the
data requirements in Regulation 1107 are
“inappropriate for biologicals”, as are test
methods designed for chemicals. She also
complained about a lack of expertise among
evaluators who are experienced in chemicals.
The Commission has asked industry about
what are the main risk areas, and working
groups are developing advice. “Creating a
new regulation will take time,” she said.
The industry representative is targeting
“before 2030”.
The White Paper is: looking at other
competent authorities outside of the EU; at
other regulated products in the EU;
regulations for products from small and
medium-sized companies; and at speedy
approvals and provisional authorisations.
She highlighted Australia and the US, with
the former recognising flexibility in data
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requirements, and the latter demanding
lower data requirements and registering
within one year. EU approvals for bio-
medicines were taking “just 150 days”
with the “help of sensible data packages”,
she noted. However, she reported that the
Commission found the issue of provisional
approvals as “quite a sensitive subject”
and “scary”.
She congratulated the Ctgb, highlighting
its “Green Team” taking a “proactive
approach to improving dossier preparation.
Ms Lewis also noted that the Commission
is investing in the recruitment of biological
experts, and “that will be important”. She
also noted that derogations “were
possible”, citing the example of Germany’s
use of Article 53 for wireworm protection
in potatoes based on metarhizium.
Ms Lewis said that “huge progress” had
been achieved on dedicated uniform
principles and data requirements, the
recruitment of specialist evaluators, while
the feedback from the Commission on
provisional authorisations was that they did
not want them, “but we’ll keep trying”.
“A separate biological regulation is the
goal, but it is some way off and 2030 is in
our sights.”
“Legislative process takes time [across
products and ais]; and most is spent on
active substance approval,” the Ctgb’s Mr
van Drent noted. “The best chance to speed
up approvals is on the application for the ai,
as that for products are moving faster.” He
advises submitting the best quality of
dossier to avoid requests for more data, and
to submit a “critical mass” of applications,
particularly of chemicals, so that authorities
plan and invest in expertise.
Ms Lewis conceded to a question from the
floor that there was a wide spectrum of
capabilities among small biologicals
companies submitting applications. A
regulator complained that submissions
were often of far lower quality than those
from chemicals applicants.
IPM
Dr Brielbeck highlighted the 2006 Thematic
Strategy on sustainable use of pesticides.
As well as Regulation 1107/2009, it brought
Regulation 1185/2009 concerning statistics
on pesticides, “which are becoming
increasingly important”, and of “utmost
importance”, the Sustainable Use Directive
2009/128. “The introduction of IPM is the
SUD’s chief significance,” Dr Brielbeck
declared. “It reduces risk while maintaining
a place for chemical ais.” IPM has been
mandatory for all professional users since
2014, he added. “Most member states
have attempted to integrate IPM.”
Regulation 1107 being
amended by political pressure
The EU Parliament rates Commission and
member states’ current practices on approval
of ais and plant protection products are not
compatible with SUD Directive objectives.
MEPs have found that the implementation of
SUD is “not sufficiently aligned with… policies
on pesticides… notably but not exclusively the
CAP and [1107]”.
The SUD commands member states to
issue national action plans (NAPs) that
encourage IPM. A 2018 review is instructive
of progress, Dr Brielbleck said. “I find the
plans from Portugal and France interesting.
They explicitly mention low risk ais,
supporting their NAPs in a positive way. In
Portugal, low-risk products accounted for
some 20% of sales in 2017. That is despite
there being only 7.5% of ais in low risk
products today – and fewer in 2017 – so
that is impressive.
Bulgaria, Hungary, Ireland and Spain do not
meet SUD criteria. “What can be done?
They can lose funding, and the Commission
can take ‘appropriate legislative proposals’,
and have done so.”
Harmonised risk indicators
Commission audits of member states have
led to harmonised risk indicators that define
permitted application rates. A low-risk ai has
an impact point of one, while a “normal,
conventional” chemical has an impact point
of eight. “So, you can apply eight times
more with low risk ai than with a normal
one.” Dr Brielbeck added that for an ai that
is rated as carcinogenic, reprotoxic or an
endocrine disruptor – not cut off – gets a
impact point of 16, while emergency
approvals “which the Parliament is not
happy about” gets an impact point of 64.
“I believe the developments with 1107 on
low risk ais is a very positive development,
and in the numbers generated with
doubling of approved ais in past year.”
*
The Chemicals in Regulations Agchem
Forum was held in Barcelona on September
11-12th in Barcelona, Spain.
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China Company List

Company Name Address Telephone Web address

Agro Dragon Group 9F Shuangge Mansion, No.438, Pudian +86 215 1172566 www.agrodragon.com
Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
200122, China
Anhui Fengle Agrochemical Co.,Ltd No. 4 Chuangye Road, Hefei City, +86 551 65360940 www.fengle-agrochem.com
230031, P.R China
Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical Co., Ltd. Caijiashan Pengcun Village, +86 215 0817211 www.chinaguangxin.com
Xinhang Town, Guangde, Anhui, 242235,
China
Anhui Huaxing Chemical Co.,Ltd No. 6 Hongfeng road, Hefei City, Anhui +86 551 65848156 www.huaxingchem.com
Province, 230088, P.R. China
CAC Group Co., Ltd No. 785 China Zhai North Road, Tel: +86 216 2398696 www.cacch.com
Changning District, Shanghai, 200335,
China
Eastchem Co.,Ltd. Floor 26, Haoyuan Mansion, No.266, +86 519 68786699 www.eastchem.net
Middle Tongjiang Road, Changzhou,
Jiangsu, China
Fuhua Tongda Agro-Chemical Qiaogou Town, WuTongqiao District, +86 216 8865055 www.fuhua-tongda.com
Technology Co., Ltd. 614800 China
Golden Harvest Chemical Co., Ltd. Rm 10C Top Boss Bldg, 159 Handan +86 216 5520181 www.goldenharvest-chem.
Road, Shanghai, PR China com
Guangxi Tianyuan Biochemistry Co., Kaifeng City, Henan Province, Weishi +86 771 2310509 www.gxty.com
Ltd. County Industrial Development
Zone, China
Hailir Pesticides And Chemicals Group 2nd Floor, Hailir Mansion ,No.216, +86 216 032 5568 www.hailir.cn
Co., Ltd. Guocheng Road, Chengyang District,
Qingdao, 266109, China
HangzhouUdragon Chemical Co., Ltd. No.172,ZhangjiadunRoad, Tangxi +86 571 89287689 www.udragon.cn
Development Zone, Hangzhou,
Zhejiang, China
Hebei Veyong Bio-Chemical Co., Ltd. China +86 311 85915963 www.veyong.com

Hubei Sanonda Co., Ltd. No. 93 Beijing East Road, Jingzhou City, +86 071 68314802 www.sanonda.cn
Hubei Province, 434 001, China         
Hunan Haili Chemical Industry Group No.251, 2nd section, Furong(M) road, +86 731 85540475 www.hnhlc.com
Co., Ltd. Changsha, Hunan, China
Jadesheen Chemical Co., Ltd 901, No.299 North Tongdu Road, +86 510 86005061 www.jadesheen.com
jiangyin, Jiangsu, 214440 P.R. China
Jiangsu Changlong Chemicals Co., Ltd. No. 1229, Changzhou New District, +86 519 68867715 www.jschanglong.com
Jiangsu Province, the Yangtze River
Road, 213033, China
Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical Co., 1 Jiangling Road, Putou Town, Jiangdu +86 514 86421237 www.jscq.com
Ltd. District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu, 225218,
China
Jiangsu Fengshan Group Co., Ltd. 1903 Central International Plaza, 105-6 +86 258 6558671 www.fschem.com
North Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, China
Jiangsu Flag Chemical Co.,Ltd Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical +86 255 8375015 www.flagchem.com
Industry Park, Luhe District, Nanjing,
210047, P.R.China
Jiangsu Good Harvest-Weien Laogang,Qidong city Jiangsu +86 513 83885555 www.good-harvest.cn
Agrochemical Co., Ltd. China(Binjiang chemical industry park,
Qidong, 226221, China
Jiangsu Huifeng Agrochemical Co., Ltd. No. 92 People's Road, Dafeng City in +86 515 83252118 www.hfagro.com
Jiangsu Province, 224100, China

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Company Name Address Telephone Web address

Jiangsu Institute Of Ecomones Co.,Ltd. 95 Huanyuan N. Road, Economic +86 519 82824504 www.jsmone.com
Development Zone, Jintan, Jiangsu
213200, China
Jiangsu Kesheng Group Co., Ltd. No. 888, Yanhuai Road, Jianhu County, +86 515 86267666 www.kesheng.com
Jiangsu, 224700, China
Jiangsu Lanfeng Biochemical Co., Ltd NO.120, Xinyi Xin'anlu, JiangSu Province, +86 516 88923437 www.jslanfeng.com
221400, China
Jiangsu Sevencontinent Green Dongsha Chemical Zone, +86 512 58609901 www.sevencontinent.com
Chemical Co., Ltd. Zhangjiagang,jiangsu Province, China
Jiangyin Suli Chemical Co., Ltd 7-1, Runhua Road, Lingang Street, +86 510 86631388 www.suli.com
Jiangyin City, Jiangsu, 214444, China
Jiangsu Sword Agrochemicals Co., Ltd. No.1008 Guanhua Road (east), Jianhu, +86 515 86252132 www.swordchem.com
Jiangsu, 224700, China
Jiangsu Tianrong Group Co., Ltd. 147 Pingling East Rd. Liyang City, +86 519 7299384 www.jstrgf.com
Jiangsu Province, China
Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co.,Ltd 39 Wenfeng Road, Yangzhou Jiangsu, +86 514 85889958 www.yangnong.net
China
Jiangsu Yongan Chemical Co.,Ltd Xuehang Chemical Industrial Park, +86 574 87065196 www.yachemical.com
Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province,
223400, China
Jiangyin Milagro Chemical Co., Ltd RM 1205 Kaisa Plaza, 1091 East Renmin +86 510 80618091 www.milagrochem.com
Road, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China

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Company Name Address Telephone Web address

Jingbo Agrochemicals Technology Co., Economic Development Zone, Boxing +86 543 2510800 www.jbnh.cn
Ltd. County, Shandong Province, China
JRB Packaging Co., Ltd. No. 268, Huangpu River Road, Kunshan +86 512 57718695 www.jrbpack.com
City, Jiangsu Province Economic and
Technological Development Zone,
215300, China
King Quenson Industry Group Ltd. Room 1402, Block A, Future Plaza, +86 755 86612760 www.kingquenson.com
Qiaocheng Bei Road, Nanshan District,
Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China
Kingtai Chemicals Co., Ltd 9F, Huarong Times Mansion +86 571 87110716 www.kingtaichem.com
Hi-tech Development Zone, Binjiang,
Hangzhou, China
Lianhetech 8 Yongjiao Road,Huangyan Economic +86 576 8427 5170 www.lianhetech.com
Development Zone, Taizhou City,
Zhejiang Province, 318020, China
Lier Chemical Co., Ltd. Economic and Technical Development +86 816 2547206 www.lierchem.com
Zone, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621000,
P.R.China
Limin Chemical Co., Ltd. Economic Development Zone, Xinyi +86 516 88923527 www.chinalimin.com
Jiangsu Province, China
Maxunitech Inc. No. 603, Binkang Road, Hangzhou, +86 571 28007880 www.maxunitech.com
Zhejiang Province 310052, P.R. China
Nanjing Essence Fine-Chemical co., 9th floor, No. 58 Nanhu Road, Nanjing, +86 258 6518999 www.essencechem.com
Ltd. 210017, China
Nanjing Red Sun Co. ,Ltd. No. 589 Zhushan Road, Jiangning +86 258 7151768 www.chinaredsun.com
District, Nanjing 211112, China
Nantong Jiangshan No.35 Yaogang Road Nantong Jiangsu +86 513 83513131 www.jsac.com
Agrochemical&Chemicals Co., Ltd. Province, 226006, China
Noposion Agrochemicals Co., Ltd 113 Iron Kong Resevoir road, Shenzhen +86 755 29977288 www.noposion.com
Bao'an District, 518102, China
Nutrichem Company Limited Building D-1, Dongshen Science Park, +86 108 2819999 www.nutrichem.cn
No. 66 Xixiaokou Road, Haidian District,
Beijing 100192, P.R.China
Qingdao Hansen Biologic Science Co., 5th Floor, District A, No.3 Building, +86 532 85766777 www.qdhansen.com
Ltd. Shilaoren Technical Innovation Park,
No.143, Zhuzhou Road, Laoshan District,
Qingdao, 266101, China
Psyche Chem Group Room 906, 555 Nanjing Road (West), +86 216 136 7911 www.psychem.com
Shanghai, 200040, China
Shandong Binnong Technology Co., No. 518, Yongxin Road, Binbei Town, +86 543 3368839 www.binnong.com
Ltd. Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China
Shandong Cynda Chemical Co., Ltd. Floor 6, Building D, In-hi tech Square, +86 531 88873317 www.cynda.cn
No. 2008 Xinluo Street, Jinan,
Shandong, China
Shandong Huayang Science And China +86 800 8607399 www.huayang.com
Technology Co., Ltd.
Shandong Luba Chemical Co., Ltd. 18th Floor,Building A , Fengrun Business +86 531 81795399 www.lubachem.com
Plaza, No.100 South Gongye Road,
Jinan, China

Shandong Qiaochang Chemical Co., China +86 543 2226170 www.qiaochang.com

Ltd.
Shandong Vicome Greenland Jinan City, Shandong Province Zhangqiu +86 400 618 6178 www.greenlandchem.com
Chemical Co., Ltd. Mateo Town Industrial Park, 250204,
China

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Company Name
Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical
Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Baocheng Chemical
Industry CO.,LTD
Sino Agro Chemical Industry Ltd
Sinochem Agro Co.,Ltd
Suzhou Eagro Limited
Tide group
Trustchem
Wynca - Zhejiang Xinan Chemical
Industry Group Co., Ltd.
Yifan Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd.
Yongnong Biosciences Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Biok Chemical Co.,Ltd.
Zhejiang Heben Pesticide&Chemicals
Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Jinfanda Biochemical Co.,
Ltd.
Zhejiang Zhongshan Chemical Group
Stock Co., Ltd.
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19th & 20th floor, Hanyu Financial +86 531 88875225 www.rainbowchem.com
Centre, Building A3-4, No.7000 East
Jingshi Road, Jinan, China 250101
A1603 Tian An Plaza,Remin Nan Road, +86 755 82192178 www.baochengagro.com
Shenzhen, P.R.China
Rm.2204-05, Tower 4, Excellence +86 755 82389033 www.sinoagrochem.com.cn
Century Center, Fuhua 3rd Rd.,
Shenzhen, P.R. China P.C.:518084
17-19th., No. 33 He Nan Road(S), +86 216 1381888 www.sinochemagro.com
Shanghai, 200002, China
Suite 902, Metropolitan Towers A, 199 +86 512 6818 8055 www.eagro.net
Shishan Road, Suzhou 215011, China
7th floor Anno Domini Building Tower +86 571 85270003 www.tide-china.com
South 8 Qiushi Road Hangzhou 310013
China
D/23rd Floor Golden Eagle International +86 258 4729803 www.trustchem.com
Plaza, 89 Hanzhong Rd., Nanjing,
210029, China
Xinanjiang, Jiande, Zhejiang, P.R China +86 571 87220464 www.wynca.com
P.C 311600
Room NO.1405 Development Mansion +86 577 86636638 www.chinayifan.com
New city Avenue, Wenzhou City,
Zhejiang Province, China
No.3 Weiqi Rd(East), Hangzhou Gulf +86 575 82728868 www.yongnongbiosciences.
Fine Chemical Zone ShangYu, ZheJiang, com
China
Rm.1558 ,Beijing New Century Office +86 106 8492166 www.biokchemical.com
Buliding,No.6 Southern Road, Capital
Gym,Beijing,P.R.China
Yanjiang Industrial Area, Lucheng +86 577 55882935 www.hb-p.com
District, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang
Province, China
22Floor, Tower B, New Youth Plaza, No. +86 571 89803290 www.jinfanda.com
205 Yingchun Rd.S, Tonglu, Zhejiang,
China
2303# Taihu Avenue, Chanxing County +86 572 6121387 www.zschem.com
Economic Development Park, Zhejiang,
China 313100
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