Four segments.
One goal:
High-yielding seeds
A robust overall result despite lower acreage, record sales for sugarbeet, and a strategic repositioning in corn.
Sugarbeet
- ■ KWS was able to further expand its market leadership in the field of sugarbeet seed in fiscal year 2024/25. Despite a decline in cultivated land around the world, the segment achieved record sales.
- ■ The product innovations CONVISO® SMART and CR+, which together account for over 60 percent of segment sales, contributed significantly to this positive development.
- During the fiscal year, we successfully launched new varieties in several European countries that combine both innovations.
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Corn
- The corn segment was characterized by the completed divestment of the corn business in South America and by the recent divestment of the corn business in North America, which was finalized at the beginning of 25/26.
- Conditions were challenging for European corn cultivation in the past growing season, which led to a decline in cultivated land.
- Lower sales volumes in North America and a positive one-off effect in the previous year also contributed significantly to the decline in the segment result.
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Cereals
- ■ While sales of barley, rye and oilseed rape were down on the previous year due to difficult market conditions, the wheat seed business recorded slight growth.
- ■ Hybrid breeding for wheat and barley is one of KWS’s strategic goals and is reflected in a 10 percent increase in R&D expenditure.
- In the past financial year, we successfully launched the first hybrid barley variety on the UK market.
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Vegetables
- The main driver of the significant sales growth in the vegetable segment is the spinach seed business, which accounts for around two thirds of segment sales.
- EBITDA decreased as planned due to high expenses for the long-term expansion of our market position for vegetable seeds, such as the construction of a new R&D center in Andijk, the Netherlands.
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