Corteva, Inc. (CTVA)

Seeds and crop protection, worldwide. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025, filed February 12, 2026. Ranked 13 of the 15 Basic Materials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

An agriculture company whose filing states its total and a regional split but nothing by segment, so the chemical and seed patterns follow segment revenue.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 15% now, 22% at the end of 2027, 25% at the end of 2028, 26% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 26% desk work, 14% people work and 60% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 74% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 21% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

21,500 employees as of December 31, 2025 (stated). The filing counts by region, not by country: 47% in North America, 21% in Latin America, 20% in EMEA, 12% in Asia-Pacific; 41% of 2025 revenue was in the United States.

The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, the company globally employs approximately 21,500 employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: About 21,500 employees: 47% in North America, 21% in Latin America, 20% in EMEA, 12% in Asia-Pacific; about 2% of the U.S. workforce is unionized and another 13% of the global workforce takes part in works councils and collective bargaining outside the U.S., about 15% in all; certain operational employees hold required qualifications and certifications.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only), largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Linde plc (LIN, 65,177 employees)20% now, 39% by 2028
• Ecolab Inc. (ECL, 48,000 employees)19% now, 34% by 2028
• Dow Inc. (DOW, 34,600 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028
• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD, 21,300 employees)20% now, 37% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

2 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI twice: speed in discovering and responding to new technologies including AI and technology-based distribution channels as a competitive advantage, and evolving threats around cybersecurity and AI that may require more spending on its controls.

• “Speed in discovering, developing, protecting and responding to new technologies, including artificial intelligence and new technology-based distribution channels that accelerate Corteva's product development timelines and could facilitate its ability to engage with customers and end users, and bringing related products to market is a significant competitive advantage.”
• “As these threats continue to evolve, particularly around cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, Corteva may be required to expend significant resources to enhance its control environment, processes, practices and other protective measures.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20232median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20252median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The collector's pick of 27,000 came from an executive's biography; the human capital section's 21,500 replaces it (rule 2).
• Pattern shares rest on segment revenue (c); the filing counts employees by region, not by segment.
• Seed production is farm work outside the BLS survey, read at the crop support pattern.
• The U.S. share is not stated; North America holds 47% of the headcount.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001755672-26-000004, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.