In fiscal 2010/11, the KWS Group and its approximately 60 subsidiaries and associated companies generated net sales of €855 million. It has some 3,800 employees (1,500 of them in Germany) and a footprint touching more than 70 countries.Our core competence is crop breeding. Our annual expenses for R&D amount to around 15% of our net salest. As a result, KWS is able to provide farmers with almost 300 new, higher-yielding market approvals every year.