High Yield Gains

Bayer Cropscience is the market leader in the domestic agrichemical market. It has a dominant presence in insecticides that kill pests like insects, mites and rodents; fungicides that destroy fungus and herbicides that kill weeds growing alongside crops. Here are Bayer's growth drivers: Blue-blooded pedigree. The biggest competitive advantage is its parentage. Bayer AG, the parent, is a 150-year-old Germany-based pharma and chemical company (and incidentally developer of Aspirin) with a market cap of Euro 88 billion. The listed Indian subsidiary sells agrichemicals

This article was originally published on January 05, 2015.