US Seed Market Outlook Remains Challenging with Decline in Crop Receipts and Consolidation in Incumbent Crops Category: Ken Research

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US Seed Market Outlook Remains Challenging with
Decline in Crop Receipts and Consolidation in
Incumbent Crops Category Ken Research
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• US Seed market by Type of Crops (Corn, Cotton,
  Soyabean, Wheat, Rice, Grain Sorghum, Oats,
  Vegetable Seeds), By Technology (Hybrid, GM
  Seeds, Open Pollinated), by Region, and Market
  Share of Major Seed Manufacturers (Monsanto,
  Syngenta, Bayer Cropscience, LimaGrain, Rjik
  Zwaan, Sakata, Bejo, Dupoint)
• Lower output prices have impacted corn seed
  market with substitution effect witnessed to
  Soybeans from US Farmers

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• Seed companies are prudent to plan the
  inventories based on commodity prices, trait
  adoption or hybrid selection
• Ken Research in its latest study, The US Seed
  Market Outlook to 2022 By Crop Type (Corn,
  Cotton, Soyabean, Wheat, Rice, Grain Sorghum,
  Oats, Vegetable Seeds), by Open Pollinated,
  Hybrid and Genetically Modified Seeds, suggested
  that with seed traits in corn, soybean, canola,
  cotton, sugar beet and alfalfa, around 80-90 of
  the US cultivated area is planted with
  genetically engineered technology which equates
  to around 95 of the world GM crops area for
  corn, soybean, canola and sugar beet combined.
• The US Seed industry is the largest seed market
  in the world with the land under cultivation of
  911 million acres and average farm size of 442
  acres in 2016. The US and Canada combined
  together contributed around 10 of the global
  planted area and over 50 of the global GM crops
  area. Around 70 of the cultivated area is

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• sowed with corn, soybean and wheat, which
  fluctuate every year but are largely equal in
  terms of significance, followed by canola,
  alfalfa, cotton and barley.
• The countrys seed economics are largely driven
  by commodity prices, hybrid breed selection and
  crop rotation cycle, farm holding structure. In
  many regions in the US, farmers economics are
  not favorable in terms of cost to farm income.
  Rising input cost and falling agricultural
  commodity prices have led to rapid plunge in farm
  income. Corn, cotton and soybeans have seen
  higher rise in input cost vis a viz production
  value from farmers perspective in the last year.
  After three successive years of weakened
  performance, agriculture crop profits are
  expected to decline in 2017.
• The cash income from crop sales during the 2017
  is expected to be around USD 190 billion, a
  decline of USD 3.8 billion i.e. 2.0 from 2016.
  Corn receipts are expected to decline for the
  fifth successive

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• year by 0.5 in 2017 as the U.S. average corn
  price is estimated to drop in this year. Despite
  an expected rise in wheat prices, wheat receipts
  are estimated to decline by USD 0.5 billion from
  2016 due to an expected de-growth in wheat
  quantities sold. Lower soybean receipts (USD 3.2
  billion or 7.6) in 2017 underscore a reduction
  in quantity sold which is more than offsetting
  increase in soybean prices. Receipts from Rice
  are estimated to decline by 4.5 in 2017 which
  will reflect a reduced average commodity price
  and quantities sold. The expected growth of USD
  2.2 billion or 37.2 in 2017 cotton receipts
  will be underscore by a large growth in the
  quantity of upland cotton sold.
• The US is the foremost adopter of GM traits and
  has the largest number of traits used per
  hectare. It is anticipated in the coming years,
  the seed industry will witness the acquisition of
  some of the private seed companies specialized in
  1-2 hybrid crop variants by

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companies that have invested heavily in the
research and development of biotechnology
traits. These acquisitions are anticipated in
vegetable and fruit seed market. Key Topics
Covered in the Report Agricultural Farm Income in
US United States Seed Competition Commercial Seed
Sales in United States US Cotton Seed
Market Average Farm Size in US US Seed Market US
Seed Market Overview US Seed Industry
Economics Farm Holding Structure in US Cash
Receipt US Soybean Syngenta Sale seed in US
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Soybean Seed Export US US Fruits and Vegetable
Seed Consumption Genetically Modified Seed Market
US Monsanto Market Share US Seed Industry For
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