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Strategic step: KWS and Limagrain to divest North American Joint Venture AgReliant Genetics to GDM

Einbeck, 2025-06-27

The seed companies KWS and Limagrain announce the sale of their North American Joint Venture (JV) AgReliant Genetics to GDM, a global leader in plant genetics. The three companies signed a binding agreement today.

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KWS strengthens research and development for vegetables

Einbeck/Andijk, 2025-06-23

- State-of-the-art research and development center inaugurated in the Netherlands - New capacities support ambitious goals in KWS vegetable breeding - Introduction of new varieties in all KWS vegetable crops expected within the next three years

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KWS reports robust business performance in the first nine months of 2024/2025

Einbeck, 2025-05-13

- Net sales on previous year's level despite lower acreage - Gross margin increases to 63.4% (62.5%) due to improved product mix - Change in other key earnings figures impacted by one-off effects; adjusted EBIT margin reaches 21.2% (22.7%) - Sugarbeet business again with growth and high profitability due to the success of sustainable product innovations - Free cash flow significantly improved – net debt decreases to 0.5x EBITDA - Annual forecasts for the 2024/2025 fiscal year specified

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myKWS vitality check: optimized maps for biomass and nitrogen uptake

Einbeck, 2025-04-30

The myKWS vitality check functional area allows users to analyze the vitality of plant stocks using satellite images. An optimized display of the biomass and a map showing the nitrogen uptake of the plant stocks now offer users of the application further advantages.

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The best time for the first herbicide application with the CONVISO® SMART application manager

Einbeck, 2025-04-28

The CONVISO® SMART system offers an efficient, effective and sustainable way to control weeds in sugarbeet. The digital myKWS tool CONVISO® SMART application manager now provides farmers with a new way to determine the best time for the first application of the herbicide CONVISO® ONE.

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More effiency in plant breeding: Development of screening systems to measure plant vitality

Einbeck, 2025-04-14

KWS is participating together with renowned research institutes and other partners1 in the quantiFARM2 project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim is to measure the vitality of plants by developing sensitive, robust and practical screening systems. This can promote more sustainable agriculture and create real added value for plant breeding.

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About KWS

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees* in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around EUR1.68 billion in fiscal year 2023/2024. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for over 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflowers. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To achieve this goal, the company invested more than EUR 300 million in research and development in the past fiscal year.

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