North America Agricultural Pesticide Market

North America Agricultural Pesticide Market Size (2024 to 2029)

The North America agricultural pesticide market size is expected to reach USD 35.90 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to reach USD 43.96 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 4.13%, during the forecast period from 2024 to 2029.

Pesticides are chemicals intended for controlling, preventing, and destroying any pest, including vectors of human or animal disease, unwanted species of plants or animals, causing harm during or interfering with the processing, storage, production, and transport of food, agricultural commodities, wood products, or animal feedstuffs. The most common pesticide is herbicide, which accounts for 80% of all pesticide use. These are intended to serve as crop protection products against weeds, fungi, insects or bacteria.

A pesticide is a chemical or biological agent such as a bacterium, virus, antimicrobial or disinfectant that deters the incapacitates, kills, or otherwise discourages pests. Target pests can include plant pathogens, microbes, weeds, insects, molluscs, birds, mammals, fish and roundworms that destroy farms, which causes nuisance or spread diseases. Despite of its advantages, it has some drawbacks such as toxicity to human and other species.

Growing population and declining arable land to feed the resultant population, increasing pest concerns, innovation in spraying equipment, rising demand for industrial feedstock crops and the use of more sophisticated farming techniques, resistant pest populations and environmental concerns, growing production of rapeseed, cereal crops, oilseeds and sugarcane along with improved farming techniques are driving the growth of the North America Agricultural Pesticide Market. However, development of safe alternatives such as bio-farming and organic pesticides and limited number of skilled professionals are hampering the growth of the market.

This research report on the North American agricultural pesticide market is segmented and sub-segmented into the following categories.

North American Agricultural Pesticide Market Analysis By Product Type

• Herbicides
• Insecticides
• Fungicides
• Rodenticides
• Bactericides

North America Agricultural Pesticide Market Analysis By Crop Type

• Wheat
• Corn
• Rice
• Pasture & forage
• Soybeans
• Other crops

North America Agricultural Pesticide Market Analysis By Distribution Channel

• Retailers
• Online
• Supermarkets
• Home centres
• Others

COUNTRY ANALYSIS

• US
• Canada

KEY PLAYERS IN THE NORTH AMERICA AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE MARKET

Major players in the North America Agricultural Pesticide Market are Syngenta, Israel Chemicals, Yara International ASA, Bayer, BASF SE, The Mosaic Co., and Dow Chemical Limited.