The company is focused on delivering top-tier technology, moving towards Seed royalty neutrality, improving product mix, and driving price and productivity improvements.

The company completed acquisitions of Stoller Group Inc. and Symborg, which supplement the Crop Protection business with additional biological tools.

Corteva aims to deliver greater value and productivity to growers through more differentiated and sustainably advantaged solutions, which in turn promise to strengthen global food security and help farmers address the impacts of climate change.

The company approved a plan to further optimize its Crop Protection network, including exiting production activities at its Pittsburg, California site. This is expected to achieve an estimated $180 million of savings on a run rate basis by 2027.

The company returned approximately $1.5 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends. The company's Board of Directors authorized a $3 billion share repurchase program in November 2024.

Corteva is engaging in a dispute resolution process with DuPont related to tax indemnification liabilities and the classification of potential liabilities from certain non-PFAS related disputes. The outcome is uncertain.

Corteva acknowledges the risk that failure to obtain or maintain necessary regulatory approvals for its Seed and Crop Protection products could restrict its ability to sell those products in some markets. The regulatory approvals process is lengthy, costly, complex and in some markets unpredictable.

The degree of public understanding and acceptance or perceived public acceptance of Corteva's biotechnology and other agricultural products and technologies can affect Corteva's sales and results of operations by affecting planting approvals, regulatory requirements and customer purchase decisions.

Corteva acknowledges that military conflict or related geopolitical tensions and disputes including increased trade barriers or restrictions on global trade, could result in, among other things, cyberattacks, further supply disruptions, and changes to foreign exchange rates and financial markets, any of which may adversely affect our business and supply chains.

Corteva acknowledges that it currently faces significant competition in the markets in which it operates. In most segments of the market, the number of products available to the grower is steadily increasing as new products are introduced.

Upon the loss or expiration of patent protection for one of Corteva's products or of a product that Corteva licenses, or upon the “at- risk” launch by a generic manufacturer, Corteva can lose a major portion of revenues for that product.

Corteva's sales to its customers may be adversely affected should a company successfully establish an intermediary platform for the sale of Corteva's products or otherwise position itself between Corteva and its customers.

The Crop Protection Operations Strategy Restructuring Program is expected to contribute to the company's ongoing cost and productivity improvement efforts through achieving an estimated $180 million of savings on a run rate basis by 2027.

The 2022 Restructuring Actions are expected to contribute to the company's ongoing cost and productivity improvement efforts through achieving an estimated $210 million to $220 million of savings on a run rate basis by 2025.

Corteva's supply chain strategy involves managing global supplies of active and intermediate ingredients sourced regionally with global best practices and oversight. Corteva's supply strategy includes a robust and flexible global footprint to meet future portfolio growth.

The company's investments seek to generate returns through providing farmers with technology-based and solution-based product offerings to meet these evolving production needs.

R&D expense was $1,402 million (8 percent of net sales) for the year ended December 31, 2024 and $1,337 million (8 percent of net sales) for the year ended December 31, 2023. The increase in R&D expense is in support of the company's long-term growth plans.

Corteva focuses on customer-driven innovation to deliver superior germplasm and trait technologies. With its large sets of digitized data and its seed field management solution, the company can manage its field operations efficiently and draw insights from data quickly and effectively.

The company returned approximately $1.5 billion to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2024 under its previously announced share repurchase programs and through common stock dividends.

On July 29, 2024, the company's Board of Directors approved a 6.25 percent increase in the quarterly common stock dividend from $0.16 per share to $0.17 per share.

The company aims to prioritize investment, growth, M&A opportunities and returning cash to shareholders.

Corteva has established certain strategies, commitments and initiatives as part of its sustainability programs. Execution of these strategies and the achievements of Corteva's sustainability commitments are subject to certain risk and uncertainties.

Corteva expects to continue certain voluntary programs, and could consider additional voluntary actions, to reduce air emissions, minimize the generation of hazardous waste, decrease the volume of water use and discharges, increase the efficiency of energy use and reduce the generation of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic materials.

The company has a robust inclusion and belonging vision and strategy, based upon the belief that embracing individual differences benefits the company by creating a workforce with a greater variety of skills and perspectives as a result of their differentiated backgrounds and experiences.

The agriculture industry is subject to seasonal and weather factors, which can vary unpredictably from period to period. Weather factors can affect the presence of disease and pests on a regional basis and, accordingly, can positively or adversely affect the demand for crop protection products.

Climate change may increase the frequency or intensity of extreme weather such as storms, floods, heat waves, droughts and other events that could affect the quality, volume and cost of seed produced for sale as well as demand and product mix.

Corteva's business is subject to various competition and antitrust, rules and regulations around the world, and as the size of its business grows, scrutiny of its business by legislators and regulators in these areas may intensify.