Herbicides Remain Dominant Segment in North American Crop Protection Chemicals Market

Novel insecticide/nematicide technology stops costly foliar and below-ground pests in row and specialty crops, including corn, potatoes, tree nuts and vegetables.

RinoTec Technology is a novel bacterial agent that demonstrates strong activity against plant-parasitic nematodes, wireworms, whitefly, thrips, mites, and more.

Upon registration, isocycloseram, the AI found in Opello and Equento insecticides, will provide early-season insect management in corn, cereals and pulses.

Insecticide manufacturers keep adaptation in mind for 2025 with portfolios of new and established products.

With innovations in biopesticides, precision technology, and genetic engineering, the future of insecticides looks promising.

Although crop protection product sales struggled overall during 2024, the category did grow its market share among crop inputs – and a pair of segments performed better than expected.

Entrapment is a non-systemic, contact insecticide that utilizes a physical mode of action to control insect and mite pests.

Crop protection companies navigate an increasingly expensive and challenging product introduction process to meet farmers’ needs in the field.

Chlorantraniliprole has quickly become an important tool for the management of Lepidopteran pests, with no known adverse effects on beneficials.

Settlement resolves litigation related to the manufacture of chlorantraniliprole, FMC’s insecticide ingredient branded as Rynaxypyr active.

Leading companies all agree that to thrive-and-survive in to day’s market, three keywords – opportunity, innovation, and communications – should guide their business moves.

Additional measures to protect federally threatened or endangered species and their designated critical habitats from the effects of chlorpyrifos.

EPA has been using the Tier I model in AgDRIFT, which had many erroneous and outdated assumptions, including the typical droplet size used.

Understanding how to identify the pest, its life cycle and effective scouting techniques can help minimize damage and protect yields.

Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide that has been used for many food crops, including soybeans.

AI is optimizing operations and improving analytics across the food value chain while biologicals and biorationals gain traction with measurable results.

The measures include changes to pesticide labeling requirements and issuing of Endangered Species Protection Bulletins.

Predicting the insects and diseases that will impact crops is difficult every season. Climate changes and resistance increase the challenge.