Agriculture chemicals

Innovation for all seasons

Pest resistance, climate change, and regulatory and environmental concerns drive constant change in agriculture. Farmers are stepping up to the challenge to feed a growing global population. Eastman understands the challenges and delivers safe, cutting-edge chemistry and application expertise to help crop protection companies formulate to meet their customers' needs.

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Customization and reliability

Innovation requires teamwork. Together, we can help you take your formulations to the next level. Go to market on time and on budget, and maximize your customers’ yield. Eastman’s application development capabilities can help you adapt to changing markets and regulatory conditions. Let’s find the right solution for your formulation needs.

Our broad solutions portfolio of critical materials includes advanced, environmentally friendly specialty solvents and microplastic-free polymers. Our solutions support today’s complex pesticide and seed treatment formulations. In addition to advanced solvents and polymers, Eastman’s legacy portfolio of intermediates and raw materials for pesticide synthesis includes functional amines, organic acids, neutralizing bases, process solvents and catalysts. We offer the products you need with the service and support you want.

As agricultural markets and technology evolve, biological solutions are becoming a standard in crop protection and crop nutrition strategies. Eastman is introducing is introducing co-formulants and biocompatible polymers to help you get the most out of your biological active ingredients.

With a rich history of providing targeted, innovative and sustainable solutions, Eastman is a collaborative partner that’s always in your corner.

Intermediates and neutralizing agents

Help your customers feed the world with help from our broad portfolio of critical intermediates. As the basic synthetic building blocks for producing active ingredients, these intermediates include organic acids, alcohols, amines, aldehydes, acid anhydrides and ketones.

For years, Eastman has been a key, reliable intermediate, neutralizing agent and salting agent supplier. We’ve continued to innovate within the agriculture industry, enabling innovative solutions like Corteva Enlist herbicide for Enlist soybeans. Our products support key yield-enhancing active ingredients globally.

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Solvents

With pest resistance and evolving regulatory and environmental concerns, today’s pesticide formulations are more complex than ever. See how Eastman specialty solvents enable innovative formulations for you and your customers.

As a global leader in solvent technology, we offer a full portfolio of solutions for the most demanding formulations. Eastman will assist you in meeting essential performance and environmental requirements. Our portfolio includes alcohols, ketones, glycol ethers, esters and amides. Many of our products are labeled nonhazardous under GHS and are listed on the U.S. EPA's Safer Chemicals Ingredients List (SCIL).

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Catalysts

Small amounts of catalysts increase the efficacy of chemical reactions and are frequently used when synthesizing active ingredients. Eastman’s amine-based catalysts remain widely respected in the agricultural chemical development field.

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