Factbook
Agricultural Solutions
The goal of efficient farming is to provide healthy and affordable food globally to a rapidly growing world population with an increasing demand for food, feed, fibers and energy. At the same time, farmers must reduce their environmental impact as natural resources are limited. We support them in achieving this and strive to contribute to build a sustainable future for agriculture by connecting innovation, customers and society.
Sales by direct customer industry 2024
1 Aquaculture, forestry, home and garden, industrial weed control, ornamentals, public health, turf, urban pest control
Portfolio
Digital farming
With products from xarvio® Digital Farming Solutions, we enable precision farming and help farmers globally optimize crop yield using fewer natural resources and crop inputs.
- xarvio® FIELD MANAGER, a crop optimization platform, provides tailored, field-specific agronomic advice to help farmers use inputs at the right time, place and in the right amount to improve yield, profit, efficiency and sustainability.
Field crop seeds & traits
Bringing high-yield-potential germplasm, advanced trait technologies and continuous innovation addressing the current and future needs of farmers:
- A strong seed brand portfolio that delivers high-quality seed germplasms via high-performing hybrids and varieties that adapt to the growing conditions of local farmers. The portfolio includes InVigor® canola (oilseed rape), FiberMax® cotton, Stoneville® cotton, Credenz® soybean, Lidero® rice and InSun™ sunflower seed.
- From herbicide tolerance to insect resistance and agronomic trait technologies, our traits help crops realize their full potential. The portfolio includes pod shatter reduction technology, LibertyLink®, GlyTol®, TwinLink®, TwinLink® Plus, Clearfield® Production System and Provisia® Rice System. The newest traits are Axant™ Flex and Seletio® herbicide trait packages for cotton.
Fungicides
Conducting pioneering research to find new active ingredients and provide our customers with new options to control fungal diseases:
- Revysol® meets the highest level of regulatory standards and offers outstanding biological performance against difficult-to-control pathogens in specialty and row crops. The active ingredient has received registrations in all regions. Revysol®-based products have been introduced globally in all major crops.
- Xemium® is a key component of BASF’s fungicides portfolio due to its broad-spectrum disease control. It has excellent mobility in the plant and long-lasting residual action. Xemium® is available in more than 80 countries for roughly 150 different crops.
Herbicides
Reducing competition from weeds secures yield and harvest quality, enabling no-till farming practices:
- Luximo®, with no known cross-resistance, provides soil residual control against a broad range of grasses in cereal crops.
- Tirexor® is a PPO-inhibiting herbicide (protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase) for controlling weeds currently resistant to other PPO inhibitors, effective burndown of broadleaf weeds and suppression of annual ryegrass. Voraxor® harnesses the combined strength of Tirexor® and Kixor®, allowing the two potent PPO active ingredients to provide growers with a powerful, new weed control tool.
- Kixor CS® utilizes a patented, and breakthrough solid encapsulation technology to control tough broadleaf weeds beyond pre-emergence to early post. Surtain™, powered by Kixor CS®, offers growers a wide application window with control or suppression of 79 key broadleaf and grass weeds.
Insecticides
Combating insect pests in agriculture and beyond:
- Prexio® Active is a new insecticide active ingredient designed specifically to manage all four rice hopper pest species and has no known cross-resistance to market standards.
- Axalion®Active is a new class of chemistry with a novel mode of action.
- Inscalis®1 offers an alternative mode of action for the control of piercing and sucking insects in row and specialty crops as well as ornamentals.
- Broflanilide2, with a novel mode of action, is highly efficacious against chewing pests in specialty and row crops. It also combats ants, cockroaches and flies in the professional pest management market.
Seed treatment
Biological and chemical products, functional coatings and colorants to improve seed performance:
- Poncho® Votivo® is a systemic insecticide and biological seed treatment to control insect pests and protect against soil plant pathogenic nematodes.
- ILEVO® seed treatment for soybeans provides broad-spectrum nematode protection against soybean sudden death syndrome and cyst nematode, two of the top yield robbers.
- Teraxxa® is the only seed treatment for cereals that eliminates wireworms by interfering with nerve signal communication.
- Sepiret® delivers performance and industry-leading sustainability with microplastic-free seed coatings.
Vegetable seeds
We develop solutions for growers to produce high-quality vegetables more efficiently and sustainably through breeding and partnerships across the value chain. Under the Nunhems® brand, BASF offers a diverse range of over 1,200 vegetable varieties sourced from 20 different crops.
- Our commitment to disease resistance is exemplified by the early introduction of resistant varieties for the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV), achieved through accelerated development using innovative breeding practices like indoor farming and marker technology. This proactive approach ensures that plants and fruits remain symptomless and marketable, providing reliable revenue for growers.
- The development of the first iceberg lettuce variety that is well-suited for mechanical harvesting is an example of BASF’s focus on varietal breeding to tackle grower challenges like availability and cost of labor. Additionally, the Flexiton leek variety reduces cleaning costs for growers by up to 20%.
1 Co-developed with Meiji Seika Pharma Co. Ltd
2 Co-developed with Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.
Market position and main competitors
The Agricultural Solutions division holds one of the top four market positions in almost all of the strategic business areas in which it is active.
The main competitors (alphabetical order) include Bayer, Corteva, FMC, Syngenta and UPL.
Research and development
Our innovation pipeline has a peak sales potential of more than €7.5 billion for products and solutions launched by 2034. These include novel solutions for seeds, traits, crop protection and digital products tailored to farmers’ needs by region and crop system. The industry’s first commercial biotechnology trait to control nematodes is in development as well as multiple novel weed control solutions, including a new PPO herbicide with a corresponding herbicide tolerance gene.
Selected acquisitions/JVs/investments/divestitures
From 2022 onward
| Product group | Description | Year |
| Crop protection/active ingredients | New fermentation plant for biological and biotechnology-based crop protection products (Germany) | 2025 |
| Closure of glufosinate-ammonium production network in Frankfurt and Knapsack (Germany) | 2025 | |
| Digital farming | Acquisition of Horta S.r.l. (Italy) | 2022 |
| Formulation capacities | New formulation facility (Singapore) | 2022 |
| Seeds | Acquisition of melon breeding company ASL (France) | 2023 |
Innovation
Axalion® Active: Redefining sustainable insect control
Axalion® Active is the first active ingredient from the BASF R&D pipeline in the pursuit of redefining modern, sustainable pest control by balancing outstanding efficacy with beneficial safety. Through a new class of chemistry with a novel mode of action, Axalion provides long-lasting control of a broad spectrum of piercing and sucking pests, including whiteflies and aphids, while working harmoniously with beneficials and the environment when applied according to the label.