杜邦执行副总裁 詹姆斯·C·波雷尔 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.
推进农业研究管道的创新
Borel 介绍了杜邦农业研究管道的最新情况，指出了六个关键项目的进展和四个已经走出发现阶段的研究项目的增加。
“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.
在大豆方面，杜邦先锋正在将其北美大豆产品线过渡到其最新的先锋品牌 T 系列大豆品种，该品种将在 2015 年占总产量的三分之二左右。今年，先锋品牌大豆品种采用 Roundup Ready 2 Xtend trait 将在 IMPACT 试验中进行测试，预计最早将于 2016 年进行首次商业销售，等待完成现场测试和适用的监管审查。
在展示杜邦作物保护系列产品时，Borel 重点介绍了新的专有种子处理解决方案，包括我们去年夏天在巴西超过 300 万英亩的土地上成功推出的大豆 Dermacor。 Borel 指出，在这些产品的生命周期中，Rynaxypyrare 的年销售额峰值预计将接近 $15 亿，而 Cyazypyr 的峰值年销售额预计将超过 $5 亿。
Borel 还谈到了杜邦 Zorvec 病害控制，这是杜邦作物保护公司针对水果和蔬菜开发的一种新型低效杀菌剂。预计将于 2015 年首次在全球推出，等待监管部门的批准。杜邦相信 Zorvec 将为种植者提供无与伦比的一致性和疾病控制，以实现更好的作物和更好的业务。
To view a full copy of today’s presentation, visit the “活动与演讲” page on the DuPont Investor Center.