FMC Third-Quarter Profit Jumps on Americas Volume Growth

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions business reported a 4% rise in quarterly sales on higher volumes and positive currency effects, as prices remained stable.

Syngenta reported its first-quarter group sales of $3.7 billion were 1% lower from a year ago, hurt by lower pricing, a cold weather in Northern and Central Europe, and reduced demand for fungicides and herbicides in Brazil and Paraguay.

Platform Specialty Products, owner of Agriphar and Arysta, released third quarter and year-end results for 2016, showing a net sales increase…

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions business posted a 10% in quarterly sales on higher volumes. In the Agricultural Solutions segment, sales in…

The company expects its pending merger with ChemChina to close in the second quarter of 2017.

Profit boosted by strong pricing in Latin America despite the strengthening of the U.S. dollar.

The company’s higher Seeds and Genomics sales in the first quarter included a 25-plus percent increase in planted corn acres in Argentina and more than a 10 percent increase in corn acres planted in Brazil accompanied by double-digit price increases in corn germplasm in local currency in both countries.

Adama posted higher revenue and profit in the third quarter, driven by significant volume growth and an improved portfolio mix….

Syngenta reported sales fell 3% in the third quarter on a tough Latin American market, and said the regulatory process…