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Hannaford Crompton seed treatment products increase Australian farmers' productivity and profits. Learn more >>> Dimilin® Environmentally friendly insecticide controls grasshoppers more cost-effectively. Learn more >>> Crop Protection is focused on improving crop quality and increasing yields for farmers of high-value crops such as nuts, citrus, tobacco, cotton, rice, tree and vine fruits, and ornamental plants. Crompton's surfactants increase the effectiveness of the active ingredients in fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. Our product formulations and application advice are specific to crops and geographic regions around the world, and our fungicides, miticides, insecticides, herbicides, and growth regulants benefit from a loyal and expanding customer base. We generate higher sales margins by focusing on high-value market niches where we have decades of experience with the crops and growing conditions around the world. In turn, we serve larger commodity markets such as cotton and corn with targeted, value-added products such as our Harvade® defoliant that aids in harvesting. We are constantly expanding our presence in niche markets by developing new products, obtaining new use registrations, and acquiring new labels. We are a world leader in seed-treatment products to assure germination and healthy seedlings. Our Vitavax® fungicide is one of the world's best-selling seed- treatment products and stimulates growth as well as controls disease. A significant portion of our Crop Protection business is related to seed-treatment products and application systems. Gustafson LLC, our joint venture with Bayer, is the largest seed-treatment company in North America, and combines active ingredients from both partners with proprietary formulations and delivery systems. In Australia, our Hannaford Seedmaster Services subsidiary holds the major share in seed treatment and is leveraging that strength into expanded product offerings in other crop protection applications. Our Industrial Surfactants products provide considerable economic and environmental benefits in agriculture. Our surfactants and dispersants, primarily used in herbicides and insecticides, reduce the surface tension of the product, increasing its ability to spread over and penetrate leaf surfaces. Farmers can cover more acreage with less active ingredient and lower spray volume. Our surfactants also have a broad range of uses in oilfield chemicals for well drilling, production and enhanced oil recovery. These markets have grown considerably with the recent expansion of oil and gas exploration and production activity. Dimilin® insecticide sales surged worldwide with particular success in non-crop uses including locust control, animal health and forestry. Bifenazate miticide was granted reduced risk status by the EPA, which will speed up U.S. registration for use on food crops. The product had a very highly successful launch in Japan and Korea. The Gustafson joint venture introduced Gaucho® into seed corn market, providing this insecticide with a large market for future growth. Fungicides, miticides, insecticides, herbicides, growth regulants, seed treatments, and surfactants. Focus on high-value crops such as fruits, nuts, cotton, turf, and ornamentals. Seed treatments cross all major crop segments and geographies.