Vicepresidente ejecutivo de DuPont James C. Borel discussed growth priorities driven by key research advancements and product launches across the Agriculture and Nutrition & Health segments at today’s Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Global Agriculture Conference.
“While farmers worldwide met the challenge of building grain supplies the last two years, long-term demand for agricultural production is expected to continue at the pace of the last decade, when demand for corn and soybeans increased 40%,” said Borel. “To meet this demand for more and better food, DuPont is delivering innovative solutions across the food value chain fueled by a robust research pipeline, which leverages our leading positions in seed, crop protection, ag services, biologicals, nutrition science and food formulation.”
Extending DuPont leadership in Agriculture and Nutrition is one of the company’s three strategic priorities to build a higher value, higher growth company, DuPont said. Following the separation of Performance Chemicals, the Agriculture and Nutrition & Health segments are expected to represent about half of total company sales.
Avanzando la innovación en la tubería de investigación agrícola
Borel presentó una actualización de la línea de investigación agrícola para DuPont, destacando seis avances clave del programa y la adición de cuatro programas de investigación que han salido de la fase de descubrimiento.
“Focused investments in research and development are yielding exciting innovation in our seed and crop protection pipelines and will position DuPont to better serve our customers and deliver value to our shareholders,” said Borel. “Our global pipeline reinforces our leadership in germplasm and breeding, crop protection, and our growing strength in proprietary biotechnology trait development.”
In addition, Borel highlighted near-term launches in corn by DuPont Pioneer, the advanced seed and genetics business of DuPont. DuPont Pioneer launched Pioneer brand Optimum Leptra corn hybrids in the southern United States in 2014 under a stewarded program. With the recent Chinese import approval of the Agrisure Viptera trait, DuPont Pioneer will expand its U.S. lineup of Optimum Leptra corn hybrids in 2015 and expects also to launch in Brazil for the 2015/2016 Safrinha season, pending completion of field testing and applicable regulatory reviews. DuPont Pioneer anticipates that the approaching launch of DP 4114 will help enable it to develop higher yielding corn hybrids and expand its triple-stack offerings to about half of its North American corn volume mix in the years following introduction. DP 4114 received cultivation approval in the United States and Canada in 2013 and will be tested in Pioneer’s IMPACT trial system in 2015. It is anticipated to launch in a stack configuration early in the second half of this decade, pending completion of field testing and applicable regulatory reviews.
En soja, DuPont Pioneer está logrando un progreso sólido en la transición de su línea de soja de América del Norte a sus variedades de soja de la serie T de la marca Pioneer más nuevas, que representarán aproximadamente dos tercios del volumen en 2015. Este año, las variedades de soja de la marca Pioneer con Roundup Ready 2 Xtend El rasgo se probará en ensayos IMPACT con las primeras ventas comerciales previstas para 2016, a la espera de que se completen las pruebas de campo y las revisiones reglamentarias aplicables.
Al presentar la cartera de protección de cultivos de DuPont, Borel destacó las nuevas soluciones patentadas de tratamiento de semillas, incluido Dermacor para soja, que lanzamos con éxito en más de 3 millones de acres en Brasil el verano pasado. Borel señaló que durante la vida útil de estos productos, se espera que las ventas anuales máximas de Rynaxypyra se acerquen a $1.5 mil millones y que las de Cyazypyr superen los $500 millones.
Borel también habló sobre el control de la enfermedad de DuPont Zorvec, un nuevo fungicida de bajo modo de acción para frutas y verduras de DuPont Crop Protection. Los primeros lanzamientos globales se esperan en 2015, pendientes de las aprobaciones regulatorias. DuPont cree que Zorvec proporcionará a los productores una consistencia y un control de enfermedades incomparables para lograr mejores cultivos para mejores negocios.
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