Bayer's farming business drives Q1 earnings beat

First quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation , adjusted for one-off items, came in at €5.25 billion.The Crop Science division, which generates the bulk of its earnings during the first half of the year, saw adjusted EBITDA jump by half to €3.67 billion, beating a market consensus of €2.95 billion, more than off-setting weaker pharmaceutical earnings.

Prices of agricultural commodities like corn and soy have surged globally amid concern that Russia's attack on Ukraine will disrupt farming there as both countries are major grains exporters. Bayer's chief executive Werner Baumann told shareholders at last month’s annual general meeting that favourable agricultural markets had helped the group to a very successful start to the year.

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