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8
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
The Agricultural Sciences segment is a global leader in providing crop protection and plant biotechnology products, urban pest
management solutions and healthy oils. The business invents, develops, manufactures and markets products for use in
agriculture, industrial and commercial pest management, and food service. The segment has broad global reach with sales in
130 countries and R&D and manufacturing facilities located in all geographic areas. Growth is achieved through the
development of innovative new products and technologies, successful segmentation of market offerings with leading brands,
diverse channels to market, cost competitive positions, strategic bolt-on acquisitions, and commercial and R&D collaborations.
The Company is committed to the development of innovative new biological and crop protection products and technologies.
Details on Agricultural Sciences' 2013 sales, by business and geographic area, are as follows:
Products
Key product lines, including crop application, are listed below:
Crop Application
Key Product
Lines Canola Cereals Corn Cotton
Range
and
Pasture Rice Soybeans Sunflower
Trees, Fruits
and
Vegetables Others
Insecticides x x x x x x x x x
Fungicides x x x x x
Herbicides x x x x x x x x x x
Seeds, Traits and
Oils x x x x x x x x
Other x x x
The Company's ability to produce seeds can be materially impacted by weather conditions and the availability of reliable
contract growers.
Major brands, by key product line, are listed below:
Key Product
Lines Brands
Insecticides LORSBAN™; RADIANT™; SENTRICON™; TELONE™; TRACER™
Fungicides DITHANE™
Herbicides BROADWAY™; CLINCHER™; FENCER™; GARLON™; LONTREL™; MILESTONE™;
PRIMUS™; STARANE™; SURESTART™; TORDON™
Seeds, Traits and
Oils AGROMEN™ seeds; BRODBECK™ seeds; DAIRYLAND SEED™; Grand Valley Hybrids;
HYLAND™ seeds; MYCOGEN™ seeds; NEXERA™; PFISTER™ seeds; PHYTOGEN™; PRAIRIE
BRAND SEEDS™; Renze Seeds; TRIUMPH™ seed
Other HARVISTA™; N-SERVE™; RIPELOCK™