Farm Hannong

What Farm Hannong does

Farm Hannong is a South Korea-based agrochemical manufacturing company founded in 1953 and headquartered in Seoul. According to firmographic data, it provides sales, fertilizers, seed development, and crop protection services, positioning it across the major categories of the agricultural inputs value chain.

The company operates as a private entity with 501 to 1,000 employees and is structured as a subsidiary of LG Chem, a large Korean conglomerate with diversified chemicals operations. Under the LG Chem umbrella, Farm Hannong would be expected to benefit from shared procurement, R&D infrastructure, and capital backing, though no independent corporate filings, investor disclosures, or product-level technical documentation were available in the provided sources to confirm specific operational arrangements.

There is a notable discrepancy between the firmographic description and the publicly accessible website content. The farmhannong.com domain currently serves as a Captive Web Portal (CWP) for LG Chem's visitor PC security quarantine system, branded entirely under LG Chem with copyright held by LG Chem since 2019. The site does not present product information, customer-facing commerce, or any agrochemical content, and contains no revenue disclosures. No product launches, partnerships, M&A activity, funding rounds, or leadership changes beyond the CEO listing were documented in the input, limiting the ability to describe recent commercial activity with specificity.

Name

Farm Hannong

Legal name

Farm Hannong

Website

https://farmhannong.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Farm Hannong is a Seoul-headquartered South Korean agrochemical manufacturer, founded in 1953 and operating as a subsidiary of LG Chem, providing fertilizers, seed development, and crop protection products to the agricultural sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Chemicals (Crop Protection & Fertilizers)

NAICS

Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing (325311)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

NPK/Compound & Blended Fertilizers (Granular Blends, Bulk Blending) (AFABABAD)

Keywords

• Agricultural chemicals
• Crop protection products
• Fertilizer manufacturing
• Seed development
• Agrochemical sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Farm Hannong is a South Korea-based chemical manufacturer that produces and sells fertilizers, crop protection products (such as pesticides and herbicides), and develops seeds for the agricultural sector. The company combines formulation know-how with seed breeding to supply inputs to commercial farming operations and the broader agricultural value chain. It operates as an agricultural inputs business within the LG Chem conglomerate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fertilizers

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Syngenta Group: Global agrochemical and seed major offering crop protection, seeds, and digital agronomy. Directly comparable to Farm Hannong's fertilizer, seed, and crop protection portfolio, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Nufarm: Australia-based crop protection and seed company serving Asia-Pacific growers. Directly comparable in geographic focus and product category to Farm Hannong's crop protection and seed activities.
• UPL Limited: Indian-headquartered global agrochemical major with crop protection chemicals, seeds, and post-harvest solutions. Comparable in product breadth and emerging-market focus to Farm Hannong's ag-inputs offering.
• ADAMA: Global crop protection company offering off-patent and proprietary herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide formulations. Comparable to Farm Hannong's crop protection focus, particularly in distributor-led markets.
• FMC Corporation: U.S.-listed crop protection specialist with a portfolio of insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides. Closely comparable to Farm Hannong's crop protection business on a product-category basis.
• Sumitomo Chemical: Japanese diversified chemical company with a substantial agrochemical and crop protection division. Comparable as an Asian chemical-conglomerate parent with ag-inputs subsidiaries, mirroring the LG Chem / Farm Hannong structure.
• Nissan Chemical: Japanese chemical company with a crop protection and agrochemical division. Comparable as an Asian chemical producer with branded agricultural inputs targeting regional growers.

Broad incumbents

• Corteva Agriscience: Spun off from DowDuPont as a focused seeds and crop protection company. Directly comparable in product mix to Farm Hannong but operates globally and at significantly larger scale.
• BASF Agricultural Solutions: BASF's crop protection and seed business, a leading global agrochemicals player. Comparable to Farm Hannong's crop protection and seed development activities, embedded within a larger chemical conglomerate similar to LG Chem.
• Bayer Crop Science: Division of Bayer operating in seeds, crop protection, and digital farming. Overlaps Farm Hannong's three core product lines but as part of a much broader life sciences portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/farmhannong-lg-chem-affiliates

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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