Pesticide sales

Table 1. 1995 U.S. and World User Level Pesticide Sales...

Sustainable Agriculture. The third factor that will influence the future of pesticide sales is the emphasis on sustainable agriculture systems that rely on more natural pest control methods and reduced pesticide usage. These are integrated systems that requke nutrients and crop protection chemicals from on-farm natural sources and cultural methods. Many current sustainable farms are site-specific systems that may depend on the soils in a... 

In 1980 United States herbicide sales of 2,166 billion represented 44% of the total worldwide pesticide sales for crops (17). In the United States herbicides represented 66% of all pesticide sales for crops (Table I ll). Herbicides for row crops account for 84% of the total United States herbicide sales with 35% being sold in corn and 34% in soybean. Herbicide sales in small grain crops stand at 8% of the total with 7.5% divided... 

Worldwide herbicide sales were projected to increase by 11.9% from 1980 to 1985 (17). The projected increase in herbicide sales in the United States from 1980 to 1985 was estimated at 12.4%. It was estimated that by 1985 herbicide sales would represent 61% of all pesticide sales in the United States, whereas herbicides would account for 42% of the pesticide sales worldwide (17). It is projected that pesticide sales by 1990 will reach 6.14 billion, a 7% per year growth from 1978 s 2.72 billion in sales (19). It is also projected that the average cost of pesticides will increase from 3.46/kg in 1978 to 6.88/kg in 1990 because of higher raw-materials costs and a shift to higher-performance materials. 

DDT helped build a powerful industry. Between 1944 and 1951, U.S. production of DDT increased tenfold, from 10 million to more than 100 million pounds, peaking in 1962 to 1963 at 188 million pounds. Pesticide sales soared from 40 million in 1939 to 260 million in 1954. Although fewer than ten large companies dominated the market, the number of insecticide and fungicide companies jumped from 83 in 1939 to 275 in 1954. 

DDT Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy. Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press, 1981. Source for undamaged potatoes AM A for more studies Wartime Production Board postwar growth of pesticide sales and industry WHO campaign how DDT strays from spraying site 1950s uses Beech-Nut radioactive fallout and thalidomide. 

As a result, hardware stores and nurseries-the traditional outlets for lawn care products have lost market share in chemical sales-and formulators have come to rely more heavily on a relatively smaller number of larger-scale customers home improvement and mass market retailers. A handful of North American retailers now account for most formulator pesticide sales, and mass sales and bulk wholesaling reduces formulator industry receipts as a result. Ten North American retailers account for 70% of sales from the Scotts Company, for example. Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Lowes, and the recently troubled Kmart provide 60% of sales, with Home Depot alone accounting for 28%. In fact, in 2003 Home Depot declared Scotts partner of the year. Competition among these retailers is intense, however. If any of these customers should falter, formulators will lose important outlets. 

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Chemical Week. (1998). Monsanto completes pesticide sales more divestments to come. Chemical Week. 160 13. 

The mission of this Department is to protect human health and the environment by regulating pesticide sales and use, and by fostering reduced-risk pest management . 

Pesticides are vital agricultural tools that protect food and fiber plants from damage by insects, weeds, diseases, nematodes, and rodents. U.S. agriculture spends about 8 billion annually on pesticides, representing about 70% of domestic pesticide sales. The dependence of agriculture on chemical pesticides developed over the last 60 years as the agricultural sector shifted from labor-intensive production methods to more capital- and chemical-intensive methods. 

Moving to pesticide sales, in millions of dollars at the manufacturer s level, there is even greater growth (Fig. 6). Herbicides have consistently been more valuable per pound than most other pesticides (J>). In 1951, herbicides constituted 13% of the dollars spent for pesticides and in 1974 herbicide sales had grown to 58%. In 23 years herbicide sales dollars had grown nearly fiftyfold, to over one billion dollars per year. 

Pesticide sales are cyclical because they depend on the weather and on commodity prices. 

Paul Muller wins the Nobel Prize for medicine for his discovery of organochlorine pesticides including DDT (WFIO 11). These chemicals become widely adopted in agricultural pest control as they provide a cheap alternative to the use of labour and machinery. Between 1939 and 1954 pesticide sales climb from US 40 million to US 260 million. ... 

Figure 2. Reiative percentage of global pesticide sales for 1985. (Redrawn from Ref. 8. Copyright 1988 Royal Soc. London.)...

The largest market for pesticides as of 1993 was the United States. It represents 34% of the total world market, which has been estimated at over 25 billion. The retail value of pesticide sales in the United States for 1993 was well over 8 billion (see Table 1.1 and Figures 1.1 and 1.2). 

Table 1.1. U.S. and World Conventional Pesticide Sales at User Level, 1993 Estimates. 

Figure 1.2 U.S. vs. World Conventional Pesticide Sales User Expenditures, 1993.

In 1982, herbicides accounted for more than three-quarters of all pesticide sales. 

Most fine chenucals are used to make pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and flavors. The pesticide sales have grown slightly in the past few years, but the pharmaceutical industry, which is the growth area, has grown much more rapidly. 

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