Market Research Reports: Industrial Vegetation Management for Pesticides & Fertilizers

A comprehensive analysis examining the U.S. industrial vegetation management, including the invasive weed market for pesticides and fertilizers, focusing on key trends, developments, changes, challenges, and business opportunities, and addressing such issues as:

• The size and segmentation for each market segment for herbicides, fertilizers, and insecticides by brand, region, and weed treated
• Invasive weeds of importance by state/region, including herbicide treatments
• Acre treatments by market segment and brand
• Active ingredient usage by market segment
• Supplier summary totals by brand
• Separate totals for pre and post emergence herbicides by market segment

• Interactive database will allow subscribers to customise IVM data to fit their needs
• Invasive weed information included within each market study
• 1. State/regional list including infested acres for key invasive weeds
• 2. Treatments used, volumes, acre treatments


• 3. Trends for invasive weed control
• An additional 400 end user pastureland interviews within the range and pasture market study
• Customer satisfaction
• – Product likes and dislikes
• – Brand switching and re-use intentions

Industrial Vegetation Management Pesticides and Fertilizers 2012: U.S. Market Analysis and Opportunities presents the results of a comprehensive survey of the United States industrial vegetation management (IVM) including rangeland and pastureland, forestry, aquatic areas, and the right of way segments, which include roadways, railroads, electric utilities, and pipelines. It analyzes in detail the products, weeds/brush they treat, their applications, estimated sales in 2011 at the manufacturers' level, suppliers' market shares, and qualitative issues.

In addition, invasive weed details are included in the appropriate chapters with information about acres of key invasive weeds and the brands, volumes, and sales values of the products used to treat them. The study analyzes the use of four categories of pesticides and fertilizers (herbicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators [PGRs], and fertilizers) by seven segments of the IVM market. The segments contained in each category are listed below:

Segments		Categories
Forestry Rangeland and pastureland Roadways Railroads Electric utilities and pipelines Aquatic areas		Herbicides Insecticides PGRs Fertilizers

This report serves as an excellent resource for manufacturers and formulators of industrial vegetation management pesticides and fertilizers.

Specifically, this report assists subscribers by providing:

• A highly reliable and independent assessment of the brand share sales for IVM pesticides and fertilizers by market segment
• Separate breakdown for invasive weeds for each market segment
• Key product usage patterns for each specific market segment
• Active ingredient volumes, including generics
• Customer satisfaction
• – Product likes and dislikes
• – Brand switching and re-use intentions

Subscribers to this study have unlimited access to Kline's proprietary FutureView Scenario Forecasting Model. This interactive model provides forecasts of the future size of the IVM pesticide and fertilizer market, broken down by segment and product type. Subscribers are available to run numerous "what if" scenarios by marking changes to supply and demand forecast assumptions.

• Interactive database will allow subscribers to customize IVM data to fit their needs

Kline is unmatched in our ability to gather hard-to-get market and competitive intelligence with a high degree of confidence. Kline's market analysis approach places the principal emphasis on primary research techniques to ensure that the foundation of business intelligence and insight is accurate, current, and reliable.

During the course of field research, Kline's professional staff of industry experts will conduct in-depth discussions with a wide range of knowledgeable industry participants and opinion leaders, including state extension IVM experts, herbicide product manufacturers and marketers, distributors and suppliers, Kline also has discussions with the U.S. Forest Service, Corps of Engineers, BLM and other federal agencies, and other influencers on brand and supplier purchase decisions. In addition, Kline will conduct interviews with end-users in many of the market segments covered by this study.

Kline will conduct approximately 800 interviews with end-users in the range and pasture, roadways, and electric utilities and pipeline right-of-way markets. These interviews provide additional insights into brand usage and weeds treated for these key markets.

Invasive and noxious weed related information will be obtained through the course of all interviews conducted for this report and reported in each market segment.

This approach has proven to be the most effective and reliable approach to obtaining accurate market data, capturing expert insights, and identifying business opportunities. Primary research comprises over 95% of the overall research methodology for this report. In addition, this analysis is supplemented by secondary research drawn from the review of suppliers' product literature and price lists; a search of recent trade and technical literature; Internet sources; and analysis of statistical data from government, industry, and trade associations and agencies.