Bioceres Crop Solutions

What Bioceres Crop Solutions does

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOX) is an Argentine-headquartered agricultural biotechnology company that develops and commercializes crop productivity solutions spanning proprietary seed technology, microbial agricultural inputs, and next-generation crop nutrition and protection products. Its flagship offering is the HB4 drought-tolerant seed technology platform — the first commercially achieved drought-tolerance program for wheat and soy — complemented by a microbial ag-inputs portfolio covering bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides, bio-nematicides, and plant health solutions, plus digital tools for grower decision support and end-to-end production traceability. The company protects this platform with over 750 patents and patent applications and 1,600+ trademarks globally.

Name

Bioceres Crop Solutions

Legal name

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp.

Website

https://biocerescrops.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Bioceres Crop Solutions is an Argentine agtech company (NASDAQ: BIOX) that develops HB4 drought-tolerant seed technology, microbial agricultural inputs, and crop nutrition and protection solutions, distributing through 1,500+ dealers across 45+ countries to serve agricultural growers and channel partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Biotechnology

NAICS

Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing (32532)

SIC

Agricultural Chemicals (2870)

akta.pro primary industry

Biological Formulation, Fermentation & Scale-Up Manufacturing (AFABAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Organic & Biological Input Retail (Biostimulants, Biopesticides, OMRI) (AFABAJAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural biotechnology
• Drought-tolerant seeds
• Biological crop protection
• Microbial ag-inputs
• Crop nutrition solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Rosario

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Seed Technology: Revenue from proprietary seed technologies including the HB4 drought-tolerant trait, sold to growers and through licensing arrangements. This segment includes seed sales and trait licensing.
2. Crop Protection: Biological and conventional crop protection products including bio-insecticidal and bio-nematocidal solutions. Products sold through dealer/distributor network.
3. Crop Nutrition: Plant health and crop nutrition solutions providing sustainable nutrition for crops. This segment showed 15% growth and includes biological nutritional products.
4. Digital Solutions: Digital tools for grower decision support and production traceability, likely bundled with biological products or offered as value-added services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bioceres Crop Solutions develops and commercializes agricultural biotechnology products that enable climate-resilient farming, anchored by its proprietary HB4 drought-tolerant wheat and soy seed technology. The company produces biological crop protection (bio-insecticides, bio-nematocides), microbial ag-inputs, and next-generation crop nutrition solutions, complemented by digital tools for grower decision support and production traceability. Its portfolio is sold primarily through an extensive dealer and distributor network across 45+ countries.

Product overview

Bioceres Crop Solutions is an agricultural biotechnology company operating as a platform-based business with three core segments: seed technology (centered on the proprietary HB4 drought-tolerant wheat and soy platform), crop protection (spanning biologicals including bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides, and bio-nematicides, plus conventional solutions), and crop nutrition (next-generation nutritional products). The portfolio is anchored by the HB4® patented seed technology program and includes microbial ag-inputs developed through the company's biotech platform. Rizobacter operations (merged with Marrone Bio) extend the biological crop protection and plant-health offerings. Digital solutions complement the portfolio by providing growers with decision-support tools and production traceability. The company maintains commercial presence in over 45 countries across 1,500+ dealer and distributor relationships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HB4: Drought-tolerant seed technology program for wheat and soy

Products and services

• HB4 Drought-Tolerant Seed Technology Patented drought-tolerant seed technology program for wheat and soy crops, enabling plants to withstand water stress conditions while maintaining yield performance. Bioceres was the first company to achieve commercial drought-tolerant wheat and soy varieties.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15% growth in Crop Nutrition segment in Q3 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RizobactercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Rizobacter is an Argentine agricultural biotechnology subsidiary of Bioceres Crop Solutions, operating as a key business unit focused on biological crop protection and plant health solutions. The company recently secured over 86% adhesion to a debt exchange tender for more than US$42 million, extending bond maturities to September 2029. Rizobacter operations were merged with Marrone Bio to expand biological crop protection offerings.
• Marrone BiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Marrone Bio was merged with Rizobacter operations to expand Bioceres' biological crop protection and plant-health offerings, illustrating the competitive shift toward portfolio depth and scientific differentiation in the agricultural biologicals sector.
• Pro Farm GroupminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Pro Farm Group assets were subject to foreclosure auction in January 2026. The assets, mainly in the United States and Europe, were valued at about $194 million but the bid was only $15 million. Bioceres recognized a $179 million impairment loss following the auction. The company is actively negotiating legal remedies.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Corteva: Global seeds and crop-protection major with a growing biologicals portfolio; directly comparable on seed-trait development (including drought-tolerant programs) and on biological crop-protection adjacencies to Bioceres's HB4 and Rizobacter/Marrone lines.
• Bayer Crop Science: Large incumbent in seeds, traits, and crop protection with a digital agronomy platform; competes with Bioceres in drought-tolerant seed genetics and is investing in biologicals, making it a relevant comparable on portfolio breadth.
• Syngenta Group: Global crop-input leader in seeds and crop protection, expanding biologicals through acquisitions; directly comparable on the integrated seeds + crop-protection + digital platform thesis.
• FMC Corporation: Crop-protection incumbent building out a biologicals franchise; comparable on crop-protection go-to-market and on the conventional-to-biological product transition Bioceres is pursuing.
• Novonesis (Novozymes + Chr. Hansen): Global microbial and bioingredient platform with agricultural biologicals exposure; comparable to Bioceres's microbial-fermentation and formulation capabilities at scale.

Direct peers

• Pivot Bio: US-based developer of microbial nitrogen-fixing crop inputs; the closest direct peer to Bioceres's microbial ag-inputs platform, with comparable go-to-market through ag retailers.
• Indigo Ag: Biological seed treatments and digital agronomy marketplace; competes directly with Bioceres on microbial inputs and on digital/traceability services for growers.
• Certis Biologicals: Specialist in biological crop protection (bio-insecticides, bio-fungicides, bio-nematicides); directly comparable to the Rizobacter/Marrone biologicals portfolio Bioceres commercializes.
• Valent BioSciences: Subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical focused on biorational and microbial crop-protection products; competes head-on with Bioceres in the biological crop-protection category.

Emerging players

• AgBiome: Microbial discovery and biological crop-protection developer; an emerging peer whose GENESIS platform targets the same biological-input opportunity Bioceres addresses through Marrone-Rizobacter.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/BioceresCropS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bioceres-crop-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments1 record

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