PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1636295
PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1636295
Wheat Seed Market Report by Breeding Technology (Open Pollinated Varieties and Hybrid Derivatives, Hybrids), Type (Winter Wheat Seed, Spring Wheat Seed), Application (Farm Planting, Personal Planting), and Region 2025-2033
The global wheat seed market size reached USD 5.5 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 7.7 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7% during 2025-2033. The global market is primarily driven by continual technological advancements in seed technology, increasing global population and food security concerns, and the imperative to adapt to climate change, significant research, and investment into the development of high-yielding, sustainable seed solutions.
Wheat Seed Market Trends:
Climate change and environmental concerns
The global market is significantly influenced by ongoing climate change and related environmental issues. These challenges necessitate the development of more resilient wheat varieties. Breeders and agricultural scientists are increasingly focusing on creating seeds that can withstand extreme weather conditions, such as droughts, floods, and temperature fluctuations. This drive is leading to a rise in research and development activities, particularly in the realm of genetically modified (GM) and hybrid seeds. The market is also seeing a growing demand for seeds that can produce crops with lower water and fertilizer requirements, in response to increasing environmental awareness and the need for sustainable farming practices.
Technological advancements in seed technology
Emerging innovations in genetic engineering, seed treatment techniques, and biotechnology are playing a pivotal role. These technologies aim to enhance yield, improve resistance to pests and diseases, and increase the nutritional value of wheat. The development of hybrid seeds, which combine desirable traits from different plant varieties, is leading to higher productivity and quality. Additionally, advancements in seed treatment methods, such as coating with fungicides and insecticides, are ensuring better seed germination and protection against early-stage diseases and pests. This technological progression provides a boost to crop yields and ports sustainable agricultural practices by reducing the need for chemical inputs. As a result, these technological advancements are crucial in driving the growth of the global market.
Global population growth and food security concerns
Wheat is a staple food for a significant portion of the world's population, making its production critical in meeting the increasing food demand. As the population continues to rise, particularly in developing countries, the pressure to enhance wheat production also escalates. This scenario necessitates the development and distribution of high-yield, disease-resistant seed variants to maximize productivity per hectare. Moreover, the need to achieve food security is pushing governments and international organizations to invest in agricultural research, including the development of superior seed varieties. These initiatives are vital in addressing the dual challenge of feeding a growing population and doing so in a sustainable manner, thereby propelling the market forward.
Wheat Seed Industry Segmentation:
Breakup by Breeding Technology:
Open Pollinated Varieties and Hybrid Derivatives
Hybrids
Open pollinated varieties and hybrid derivatives accounts for the majority of the market share
Breakup by Type:
Winter Wheat Seed
Spring Wheat Seed
Winter wheat seed holds the largest share in the industry
Breakup by Application:
Farm Planting
Personal Planting
Farm planting represents the leading market segment
Breakup by Region:
North America
United States
Canada
Asia Pacific
China
Japan
India
South Korea
Australia
Indonesia
Others
Europe
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
Russia
Others
Latin America
Brazil
Mexico
Others
Middle East and Africa
Asia Pacific leads the market, accounting for the largest wheat seed market share
The market research report has also provided a comprehensive analysis of all the major regional markets, which include North America (the United States and Canada); Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, and others); Europe (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, and others); Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and others); and the Middle East and Africa. According to the report, Asia Pacific accounted for the largest market share.
The market research report has provided a comprehensive analysis of the competitive landscape. Detailed profiles of all major companies have also been provided. Some of the key players in the market include:
Advanta Seeds (United Phosphorus Ltd.)
Australian Grain Technologies (AGT)
Corteva Agriscience
Groupe Limagrain
Kaveri Seed Co. Ltd.
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
ProHarvest Seeds Inc.
R.A.G.T. Semences
Seed Co Limited
Syngenta AG (China National Chemical Corporation)
Key Questions Answered in This Report
- 1. How big is the global wheat seed market?
- 2. What is the expected growth rate of the global wheat seed market during 2025-2033?
- 3. What are the key factors driving the global wheat seed market?
- 4. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global wheat seed market?
- 5. What is the breakup of the global wheat seed market based on the breeding technology?
- 6. What is the breakup of the global wheat seed market based on the type?
- 7. What is the breakup of the global wheat seed market based on the application?
- 8. What are the key regions in the global wheat seed market?
- 9. Who are the key players/companies in the global wheat seed market?
Table of Contents
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
- 2.1 Objectives of the Study
- 2.2 Stakeholders
- 2.3 Data Sources
- 2.3.1 Primary Sources
- 2.3.2 Secondary Sources
- 2.4 Market Estimation
- 2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
- 2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
- 2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Wheat Seed Market
- 5.1 Market Overview
- 5.2 Market Performance
- 5.3 Impact of COVID-19
- 5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Breeding Technology
- 6.1 Open Pollinated Varieties and Hybrid Derivatives
- 6.1.1 Market Trends
- 6.1.2 Market Forecast
- 6.2 Hybrids
- 6.2.1 Market Trends
- 6.2.2 Key Segments
- 6.2.2.1 Non-Transgenic Hybrids
- 6.2.3 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Type
- 7.1 Winter Wheat Seed
- 7.1.1 Market Trends
- 7.1.2 Market Forecast
- 7.2 Spring Wheat Seed
- 7.2.1 Market Trends
- 7.2.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Application
- 8.1 Farm Planting
- 8.1.1 Market Trends
- 8.1.2 Market Forecast
- 8.2 Personal Planting
- 8.2.1 Market Trends
- 8.2.2 Market Forecast
9 Market Breakup by Region
- 9.1 North America
- 9.1.1 United States
- 9.1.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.1.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.1.2 Canada
- 9.1.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.1.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9.1.1 United States
- 9.2 Asia-Pacific
- 9.2.1 China
- 9.2.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.2 Japan
- 9.2.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.3 India
- 9.2.3.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.3.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.4 South Korea
- 9.2.4.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.4.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.5 Australia
- 9.2.5.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.5.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.6 Indonesia
- 9.2.6.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.6.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.7 Others
- 9.2.7.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.7.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2.1 China
- 9.3 Europe
- 9.3.1 Germany
- 9.3.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.2 France
- 9.3.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.3 United Kingdom
- 9.3.3.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.3.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.4 Italy
- 9.3.4.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.4.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.5 Spain
- 9.3.5.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.5.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.6 Russia
- 9.3.6.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.6.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.7 Others
- 9.3.7.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.7.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3.1 Germany
- 9.4 Latin America
- 9.4.1 Brazil
- 9.4.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.4.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.4.2 Mexico
- 9.4.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.4.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9.4.3 Others
- 9.4.3.1 Market Trends
- 9.4.3.2 Market Forecast
- 9.4.1 Brazil
- 9.5 Middle East and Africa
- 9.5.1 Market Trends
- 9.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
- 9.5.3 Market Forecast
10 Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
- 10.1 Overview
- 10.2 Drivers
- 10.3 Restraints
- 10.4 Opportunities
11 Value Chain Analysis
12 Porters Five Forces Analysis
- 12.1 Overview
- 12.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
- 12.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
- 12.4 Degree of Competition
- 12.5 Threat of New Entrants
- 12.6 Threat of Substitutes
13 Price Analysis
14 Competitive Landscape
- 14.1 Market Structure
- 14.2 Key Players
- 14.3 Profiles of Key Players
- 14.3.1 Advanta Seeds (United Phosphorus Ltd.)
- 14.3.1.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.2 Australian Grain Technologies (AGT)
- 14.3.2.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.3 Corteva Agriscience
- 14.3.3.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.3.3 Financials
- 14.3.4 Groupe Limagrain
- 14.3.4.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.5 Kaveri Seed Co. Ltd.
- 14.3.5.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.5.3 Financials
- 14.3.6 KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
- 14.3.6.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.6.3 Financials
- 14.3.7 ProHarvest Seeds Inc.
- 14.3.7.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.8 R.A.G.T. Semences
- 14.3.8.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.9 Seed Co Limited
- 14.3.9.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.9.3 Financials
- 14.3.10 Syngenta AG (China National Chemical Corporation)
- 14.3.10.1 Company Overview
- 14.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
- 14.3.10.3 SWOT Analysis
- 14.3.1 Advanta Seeds (United Phosphorus Ltd.)
Kindly, note that this only represents a partial list of companies, and the complete list has been provided in the report.
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
- Figure 2: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
- Figure 3: Global: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 4: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Breakup by Breeding Technology (in %), 2024
- Figure 5: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Breakup by Type (in %), 2024
- Figure 6: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Breakup by Application (in %), 2024
- Figure 7: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
- Figure 8: Global: Wheat Seed (Open Pollinated Varieties and Hybrid Derivatives) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 9: Global: Wheat Seed (Open Pollinated Varieties and Hybrid Derivatives) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 10: Global: Wheat Seed (Hybrids) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 11: Global: Wheat Seed (Hybrids) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 12: Global: Wheat Seed (Winter Wheat Seed) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 13: Global: Wheat Seed (Winter Wheat Seed) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 14: Global: Wheat Seed (Spring Wheat Seed) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 15: Global: Wheat Seed (Spring Wheat Seed) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 16: Global: Wheat Seed (Farm Planting) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 17: Global: Wheat Seed (Farm Planting) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 18: Global: Wheat Seed (Personal Planting) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 19: Global: Wheat Seed (Personal Planting) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 20: North America: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 21: North America: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 22: United States: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 23: United States: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 24: Canada: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 25: Canada: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 26: Asia-Pacific: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 27: Asia-Pacific: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 28: China: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 29: China: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 30: Japan: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 31: Japan: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 32: India: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 33: India: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 34: South Korea: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 35: South Korea: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 36: Australia: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 37: Australia: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 38: Indonesia: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 39: Indonesia: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 40: Others: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 41: Others: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 42: Europe: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 43: Europe: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 44: Germany: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 45: Germany: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 46: France: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 47: France: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 48: United Kingdom: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 49: United Kingdom: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 50: Italy: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 51: Italy: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 52: Spain: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 53: Spain: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 54: Russia: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 55: Russia: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 56: Others: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 57: Others: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 58: Latin America: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 59: Latin America: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 60: Brazil: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 61: Brazil: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 62: Mexico: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 63: Mexico: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 64: Others: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 65: Others: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 66: Middle East and Africa: Wheat Seed Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
- Figure 67: Middle East and Africa: Wheat Seed Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2024
- Figure 68: Middle East and Africa: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Figure 69: Global: Wheat Seed Industry: Drivers, Restraints, and Opportunities
- Figure 70: Global: Wheat Seed Industry: Value Chain Analysis
- Figure 71: Global: Wheat Seed Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
List of Tables
- Table 1: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 & 2033
- Table 2: Global: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Breakup by Breeding Technology (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 3: Global: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 4: Global: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Breakup by Application (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 5: Global: Wheat Seed Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
- Table 6: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Competitive Structure
- Table 7: Global: Wheat Seed Market: Key Players
