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Crop Science Market Insights and Forecasting
Market consolidation, increasing regulation and sustainability are creating significant changes for crop protection and seed companies. Shape your commercial strategy using our proprietary data, in-depth market analysis, long-term forecasts and analyst expertise.
Key facts about the global crop science market
- The global crop protection and non-crop market grew 2.5% in 2020 to $69.9 billion. Herbicides dominate (~44%) the crop sector, followed by fungicides (~27%) and insecticides (~25%). Of this total, biological crop protection products equate to approximately $3.4 billion
- The commercial seed market increased by 4.9% in 2020 to $44.9 bn. Within this, the Genetically Modified (GM) seed market grew by 8.0% to reach $23.5 billion. Stacked traits, incorporating herbicide tolerance and insect resistance genes total approximately 62% of the GM total. In addition, gene-editing systems, specifically CRISPR, have been recognised as breakthrough technologies in agriculture
- Investors are increasingly applying ESG factors as part of their analysis process to identify risks and opportunities. Investment is growing towards sectors such as biologicals and digital agriculture practices which are deemed to have a more favourable environmental footprint
- Increasingly stringent regulation is impacting growth for established products and increasing the cost of innovation. 40% of the top 20 molecules from a global value perspective are under intense legal and/or regulatory scrutiny, most notably glyphosate, the leading active ingredient on a value basis
- Unlike many other sectors of the global economy, crop inputs experienced little impact from the COVID-19 pandemic given the essential nature of food production. Some minor, yet significant, hurdles include reduced availability of domestic and migrant farm labour, issues surrounding delays of shipments in ports, reduced cotton consumption in the textile industry, lower consumption of certain vegetables with the closing of the hospitality sector and reduced demand for biofuels
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Seed and GM Crops

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Agribusiness Blogs & Analysis
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Robert Birkett
News Reporter, Agribusiness

Alan Bullion
Director of Special Reports & Projects, Agribusiness, Energy & Natural Resources

Lawrence Middler
Senior Analyst, Crop Science, IHS Markit

Jonathan Pegg
US Correspondent, IHS Markit

Sanjiv Rana
Editor-in-Chief (Crop Science Market Reporting), S&P Global Commodity Insights

Jonathan Shoham
Senior Consultant Analyst, IHS Markit

Darren Stobbart
Senior Analyst, Crop Science, IHS Markit