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Business Description
KWS SAAT SE & Co KGaA (KWS) is a Germany-based seed company for farmers. It focuses on the propagation and distribution of sugarbeet, corn, and other crop seeds. KWS's product portfolio includes a diverse range of seeds such as sugarbeet, corn, rye, cereals, oilseed rape, sorghum, vegetables like baby leaf spinach, sunflower, soybean, alfalfa, catch crops, grain peas, and oats. KWS operates over 30 breeding stations and 150 testing stations worldwide, which support the development of regionally adapted seed varieties. The company collaborates with more than 60,000 farmers who utilize its digital services to enhance seed potential. KWS operates in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
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R&D Overview
KWS's R&D arm focuses on advancing genome editing and new breeding technologies to enhance plant traits, focusing on increasing resistance to diseases and pests, improving breeding precision, and shortening development times. The company is developing innovative traits for sustainable agriculture, with a particular emphasis on sugarbeet, corn, sorghum, and vegetables. KWS is also investing in digital phenotyping, data science, and artificial intelligence to accelerate product development and address global challenges such as climate change and population growth. The GRC is responsible for advancing new breeding technologies, such as genome editing, and serves as a hub for scientific exchange and technological development. It plays a crucial role in driving innovation within the company's research activities. The R&D unit of KWS strives to develop new varieties of crops that are more efficient and resistant to diseases and environmental influences. They also develop testing systems for resistance breeding and technologies for analyzing and measuring plant traits. As of June 2025, the company had 1,944 employees in their R&D department. In FY2025, the company spent EUR349 million on R&D, which was equivalent to 20.8% of the revenue, and grew 7.2% YoY.
Business Segments
Overview
It includes breeding, production, and distribution of seed for rye, wheat, barley, and rapeseed.
Performance
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Overview
It includes the breeding, production, and distribution of corn and sunflower seeds and the production and distribution of soybeans.
Performance
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Overview
It generates revenue from Germany, France and Poland.
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Overview
It includes sugarbeet seed breeding, production, and distribution, and the development of diploid hybrid potatoes.
Performance
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Overview
It includes vegetable seed breeding, production, and distribution. Its portfolio also includes seed for beans, Swiss chard, red beet and tomatoes.
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Geographical Segments
- Europe (excluding Germany)
- Germany
- North and South America (excluding Brazil and the U.S.)
- Rest of World
- Thereof in France
- Thereof in the U.S.
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