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Restructuring and Asset Related Charges (Tables)
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
2022 Restructuring Actions    
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]    
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block]  
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In millions)2024202320242023
Severance and related benefit costs1
$— $— $— $4 
Asset related charges— — (2)11 
Contract termination charges3
3 1 3 4 
Total restructuring and asset related charges - net2,3
$3 $1 $1 $19 
1.Reflects corporate-related charges.
2.The nine months ended September 30, 2024, reflects a benefit of $(2) million, associated with sales of inventory previously reserved for impacting the Seed segment. The three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 reflects charges of $1 million and $10 million, respectively, impacting the Seed segment, and $— and $5 million, respectively, impacting the Crop Protection segment.
3.This amount excludes other pre-tax charges recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 impacting the Seed segment included in cost of goods sold and other income (expense) – net, in the company’s interim Consolidated Statement of Operations, relating to inventory write-offs and a loss on the sale of the company's interest in an equity investment. See Note 18 - Segment Information, to the interim Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information.
Crop Protection Strategy Operations Program [Member]    
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]    
Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block]
(In millions)Three Months Ended September 30, 2024Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Severance and related benefit costs1
$19 $60 
Asset related charges2, 3
10 83
Total restructuring and asset related charges - net$29 $143 
1.Reflects corporate-related charges.
2.Reflects charges associated with the Crop Protection segment.
3.The three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 include charges of $4 million for decommissioning costs associated with the exit of the company’s production activities at its site in Pittsburg, California.

A reconciliation of the December 31, 2023 to the September 30, 2024 liability balances related to the Crop Protection Operations Strategy Restructuring Program is summarized below:
(In millions)Severance and Related Benefit Costs
Asset Related Charges1
Total
Balance at December 31, 2023$— $— $— 
Charges to income from continuing operations60 83 143 
Payments(3)(4)(7)
Asset write-offs— (79)(79)
Balance at September 30, 2024$57 $— $57 
1. Includes charges of $4 million for decommissioning costs associated with the exit of the company’s production activities at its site in Pittsburg, California.