Abstract

Bayer says its crop protection division has products with the potential to generate peak sales of $33 billion over the next decade, more than half of which will come from either recently or soon to be launched products. Bayer says the division, Crop Science, will spend an average $2.7 billion annually on R&D over the next 10 years, up from $2.5 billion in 2018. One of Crop Science’s goals is to reduce the environmental impact of its crop protection products—including in-field greenhouse gas emissions—by 30% by 2030. Some of that improvement will come from data science and innovative digital tools, according to Bayer. “Agriculture needs to feed a growing world without starving the planet,” Crop Science president Liam Condon said at a Bayer event to discuss the future of farming. Meanwhile, BASF’s $7 billion acquisition of various Bayer agrochemical and seed businesses in 2018—driven by Bayer’s need to meet regulatory

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