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Corteva workers, gathered in front of the Sasec headquarters in Oviedo, on July 22. | LUISMA MURIAS Yago González The American agricultural products multinational Corteva – which spun off from DuPont in 2019 and has just ordered the closure of its phytosanitary products factory located in the Tamón valley (Carreño) – has improved its results for the first half of the year compared to those of the same period in 2025 and, furthermore, forecasts a 10% improvement for the entire current fiscal year. All this despite the closure of its Asturian factory and the redundancy plan (ERE) for its workforce, agreed on July 22. The plan involves 19 reassignments, 28 early retirements for workers over 55, and the dismissal of 21 employees.According to Corteva's global first-half results report, the company invoiced 11.280 billion dollars, 4% more than the previous year (2% if the effect of exchange rates and other factors are eliminated). The most relevant aspect is not so much the invoicing as what it earned from its ordinary business. Operating "EBITDA" (a profit measure the company uses to gauge its real performance) rose 10%, to 3.700 billion dollars. Operating earnings per share reached 3.80 dollars, up 14%. In the second quarter alone, sales fell slightly (-1%), but operating profit grew 4% and the margin clearly improved. That is: it sold a little less, but earned more for each...
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