2014年第三季度(截至9月30日),杜邦农业板块(包括作物保护和种子业务)销售额下降4.3%,为15.63亿美元。第三季度PTOI(税前营业收入)损失5500万美元。2014年1~9月,销售额下降3.6%,为95.72亿美元,PTOI下降2.9%,为21.76亿美元。季节性营业损失的主要原因在于更低的种子投入成本和改进的营业成本,其在一定程度上被更低的销售额和去年收购Pannar控股权益获得的2600万美元收益的缺 For the third quarter of 2014 (as of September 30), sales of the DuPont Agricultural segment (including crop protection and seed businesses) fell 4.3% to $ 1,563 million. The third quarter, PTOI (pre-tax operating income) loss of 55 million US dollars. From January to September 2014, sales dropped 3.6% to $ 9.572 billion and PTOI dropped 2.9% to $ 2.176 billion. The main reason for seasonal business losses is lower seed input costs and improved operating costs, which are partly offset by lower sales and a $ 26 million gain from last year’s acquisition of Pannar’s controlling interests