Chemical Seed Treatment Market – United States Industry Growth, Trends and Forecasts (2017 - 2022)

Market Insights

Chemical seed treatment is a process of treating seeds with chemicals and non-chemical methods before plantation. It is an ecofriendly way of using small amount of insecticide and fungicides. The U.S chemical seed treatment market was worth around USD 1.73 billion in 2016 and is expected to cross USD 2.8 billion by 2022 growing at the CAGR of 8.2% during the forecast period 2017-2022.

Market Dynamics

The demand for crops has stimulated due to rise in the consumption of crops. Rise in the cost of seeds is one of the factor alluring the market. Increase in farm sizes along with crop rotations getting shorter are expected to drive the demand for chemical seed treatment market. Canada and United States have been the growth engines that are driving the chemical seed treatment market.

The left over materials after the treatment affect the environment and limited dose capacity along with limited shelf life are some of the constrains of the chemical seed treatment market. Awareness on the impact of biological chemical seed treatment created an opportunity for chemical seed treatment market.

Market Segmentation

U.S has been witnessing a sustained demand for chemical seed treatment and is among the fastest growing market in North America over the coming half-a-decade. Within this application category, insecticides constitute the largest sub-category, with an estimated 2015 share of 53% of chemical seed treatment demand. However, fungicide seed treatments are slated to witness the fastest CAGR of 9.2% during 2017-2022 in reaching a projected demand of USD 1129.5 million by 2022.

Corn/maize is the leading type of crop for chemical seed treatment applications in U.S, estimated to account for 31.9% of the total demand in 2016. In terms of CAGR between 2017 and 2022, however, demand for chemical seed treatment applications in canola is expected to be the fastest among all crop types at 9.8%.

Key Industry Players

Adama Agricultural Solutions Ltd (Formerly Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd), Advanced Biological Marketing Inc, BASF SE, Bayer CropScience AG, BioWorks Inc, BrettYoung Limited, Chemtura AgroSolutions, DuPont, Germains Seed Technology, INCOTEC Group BV, Verdesian life sciences, Monsanto Company, Novozymes A/S, Nufarm Ltd, Plant Health Care, Precision Laboratories LLC, Syngenta International AG, Valent USA Corporation and Wolf Trax Inc.A few have focused on horizontal growth by expanding their presence in emerging markets that offer greatest scope for future prospects, while yet others have been content to operate within their established boundaries and go in for vertical growth by concentrating on innovations in the area of products and solutions.

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• Market Definition for the specified topic along with identification of key drivers and restraints for the market.
• Market analysis for the U.S Chemical seed treatment Market, with region specific assessments and competition analysis on a global and regional scale.
• Identification of factors instrumental in changing the market scenarios, rising prospective opportunities and identification of key companies which can influence the market on a global and regional scale.
• Extensively researched competitive landscape section with profiles of major companies along with their share of markets.
• Identification and analysis of the Macro and Micro factors that affect the U.S Chemical seed treatment Market on both global and regional scale.
• A comprehensive list of key market players along with the analysis of their current strategic interests and key financial information.

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