The big news for Syngenta at this year’s Farm Progress Show was the partnership with M.S. Technologies, LLC to launch a groundbreaking herbicide-tolerant soybean trait stack, with broad commercial availability expected in 2029 pending regulatory approvals. This new trait stack will be marketed by Syngenta seed brands, Stine Seed Company and others. “This is a real exciting trait stack, because …
Syngenta Seeds Gives Farmers Options
Once again, Syngenta Seeds had a strong presence at the Farm Progress Show to give farmers a peak at the latest developments to help them get the best return on their investment every year. “Farmers are at the heart of everything we do at Syngenta Seeds and when we think about commitment to farmers, it really comes in something that …
USDA Forecasts Record Corn Crop
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is forecasting a record corn crop this year, up 13% from last year, forecast at 16.7 billion bushels. Meanwhile, soybean growers are expected to decrease their production by two percent from 2024 to 4.29 billion bushels. Average corn yield is forecast at a record high 188.8 bushels per acre, up 9.5 bushels from last …
Jord BioScience Trials Show Boost in Soybean Yields
Jord BioScience, a leading science and analytics company providing customizable microbial solutions for agriculture, has just released two years of field trial data showing its proprietary microbial solutions can increase soybean yield by up to more than three bushels per acre in the Midwest. The company’s approach, powered by its 6,500-isolate global microbial bank and advanced analytics, demonstrated win-rates* exceeding …
Victrato® Registration Expected This Year
Registration is expected in 2025 for Syngenta’s new seed treatment for soybeans and cotton called Victrato®. “This will be the first product that’s federally labeled for Red Crown Rot as a seed treatment,” said Seedcare Technical Product Lead Dale Ireland at last week’s Commodity Classic. “This will set a new level of protection against early season foliar diseases as well …
BioLumic Launches 1st Commercial Light-Activated Seed Traits
BioLumic, the world’s only company programming seed traits with light, has launched its first commercial Trait Activation System at Gro Alliance’s seed production facility in Cuba City, Wisconsin. This milestone brings the BioLumic proprietary light-based Genetic Expression Trait (xTrait™) technology to the global seed industry, enabling new opportunities for enhanced crop performance. With this launch, BioLumic delivers a breakthrough in …
Syngenta’s Victrato® Getting Closer to Registration
Syngenta Seedcare technical lead Dr. Dale Ireland has been working on developing TYMIRIUM technology for over a decade and it is finally approaching the finish line. “We’re nearing registration for soybeans and once it’s registered, it will be called Victrato®. And that’s for soybeans for nematodes, sudden death syndrome, red crown rot and several other early season diseases that it …
Golden Harvest Golden Advantage Offers 0% Extended Terms
As farmers continue to be faced with challenging financial pressures heading into the next production season, Golden Harvest is pleased to offer 0% extended terms on Golden Harvest® corn and soybean seed and qualified Syngenta Seedcare products through Golden Advantage℠. Heather Volpe, Golden Harvest marketing manager, says Golden Advantage reinforces their commitment to farmers, providing a financial edge as they …
ZeaKal PhotoSeed is 1st Sustainability-Embedded Trait Tech
ZeaKal today announced that PhotoSeed™ Soy has been validated as the first sustainability-embedded trait technology for agriculture, a technology that could expand the volume of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production by approximately one billion additional gallons on existing U.S. soybean acreage. Han Chen, co-founder and CEO of ZeaKal, says they were able to validate PhotoSeed’s impact on the carbon intensity …
Syngenta Finds Soybean Growers ROI in Sliding Market
With the 2024 soybean harvest almost complete and growers evaluate this year’s decisions for 2025, return on investment (ROI) once again ranks as the most critical factor in a rollercoaster market, according to Syngenta. At Farm Progress Show this year, Syngenta agronomic service representative Jesse Grote talked about how the Syngenta Seedcare portfolio delivers more value and more potential yield …