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New soybean traits with dicamba resistance have been controversial with court challenges, restrictions and changing regulations.
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Investments continue to drive Syngenta growth

Company leaders say helping farmers manage risks will build relationships into the future

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The contrast in agriculture between Canada and the United States was made obvious during a summary of the year in agriculture by Syngenta’s North American leadership. “In Canada overall, the weather was better than average, after we had a couple of challenging years,” said Trevor Heck, president of Syngenta Canada during a recent Syngenta media […] Read more
Soybeans were harder hit by sudden death syndrome in 2020 but late enough that it didn’t have much effect on yield.
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Group 7 seed treatment protects against sudden death syndrome

Soybeans show more above and below ground biomass with the treatment

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New fungicide seed treatment Saltro protects soybeans from sudden death syndrome and canola from airborne blackleg, new research indicates. The seed treatment, with the active ingredient Adepidyn, is a Group 7 fungicide belonging with the carboxamides. It works by moving through the plant’s water-conducting system and is taken into the cotyledons. Why it matters: New […] Read more
Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)
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Syngenta buys biologics group Valagro

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Zurich | Reuters — Syngenta, the Swiss agrichemicals giant owned by ChemChina, has acquired Italian biologicals group Valagro, a company with US$175 million in 2019 sales that uses natural solutions to fight pests and diseases and to improve crops. Syngenta said in a statement Tuesday the acquisition positioned its crop protection business as a key […] Read more
Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)
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Syngenta says IPO ‘on track’

Ag chem firm books higher first-half profit

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Zurich | Reuters — Agricultural chemical maker Syngenta posted higher first-half profit and sales on Thursday, helped by maintaining supplies to farmers and controlling costs during the coronavirus outbreak, and said it was on track to complete its public listing by mid-2022. The Swiss company, bought by state-owned ChemChina for $43 billion in 2017, posted […] Read more
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Syngenta makes donation to AgScape

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More teachers and students will receive information about agriculture after a $10,000 donation to AgScape by Syngenta. “We are incredibly thankful for this generous gift from Syngenta,” says Glenna Banda, outgoing executive director of AgScape. “With their support of our Teacher Ambassador Program, we were able to deliver agriculture and food lessons on topics such […] Read more
The arrival of dicamba-resistant soybeans gave producers another weed-control option.
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Dicamba takes legal hit in U.S.

Canadian farmers unaffected, though dicamba is being reviewed by the PMRA

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American farmers can no longer access several dicamba-based herbicides due to a recent court decision against the Environmental Protection Agency. And while Canada remains unaffected, dicamba is again being reviewed by the federal bureaucracy. Why it matters: Dicamba-based herbicides have seen renewed use since the arrival of dicamba-tolerant crops. The United States Courts of Appeals denied […] Read more
(Jack Dykinga photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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Industry leaders weigh in on seed royalty review

'Other markets... have already moved past this'

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Syngenta’s Trevor Heck isn’t choosing a route for collecting seed royalty rates — but says the federal government needs to “move forward on some type of value capture” model. “Right now, you know, if we don’t have that within the seed industry, it’s going to be very difficult to be able to get the level […] Read more
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Syngenta launches five new fungicide products

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Syngenta Canada recently launched Miravis, a lineup of five fungicide products designed to protect crops against several of the most destructive diseases facing Canadian farmers. Miravis fungicides are built with Adepidyn, a new Group 7 fungicide belonging to the carboxamide chemical class. Miravis fungicides are registered in Canada on multiple crops – including wheat, canola, […] Read more
Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)
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Syngenta owner ChemChina to merge ag assets with Sinochem’s

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Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina and Sinochem are consolidating their agricultural assets into a new holding company to be called Syngenta Group, ChemChina unit Syngenta said on Sunday. Chen Lichtenstein, current CEO of Shenzhen-listed crop protection company Adama, which will also be incorporated into the new group, will be nominated chief financial officer of the […] Read more
(Syngenta.ca)
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Syngenta to halt Canadian cereal development operations

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Seed and ag chem giant Syngenta plans to wrap up a decade of cereal seed research and development work in Canada by the end of the year. The company announced Wednesday it will discontinue its Canadian cereal seed research and development program effective at the end of calendar 2019, affecting five Syngenta Canada staff positions. […] Read more

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