In the second quarter, Bayer Crop Science had sales of more than $1 million. That’s up 1.1 percent from the same quarter last year. Sales were particularly strong for glyphosate-based herbicides in North America. There was a small drop in sales for the corn seed and traits business while soybean seed and traits climbed by a double-digit percentage due to larger volumes in North America. Fungicide business was down sharply. Sales of insecticides increased. When reporting its earnings this past week, Bayer officials announced the company cut 3,200 jobs since the beginning of the year.
