WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) _ Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) on Wednesday reported third-quarter net income of $30 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Wilmington, Delaware-based company said it had profit of 4 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were 14 cents per share.

The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 33 cents per share.

The agriculture posted revenue of $2.37 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $2.02 billion.

Corteva, Inc. expects full-year earnings in the range of $2.05 to $2.15 per share, with revenue in the range of $15.5 billion to $15.7 billion.

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