date:Apr 24, 2013
urrent three months.
Strong wheat, corn and soybean prices spurred DuPont's first-quarter agricultural sales in the Americas, and have also helped boost sales for rivals Monsanto Co and Syngenta AG.
The growth has overshadowed an ongoing decline in demand for DuPont's once-lucrative titanium dioxide -- a trend that is likely to continue in the second quarter.
We expect strong growth again in our agriculture segment and tough comparisons to prior-year peak levels in performance chemicals, DuPo