When it comes to return on investment for fungicides, on-line tools show consistently high ROI for Syngenta’s Miravis® Neo. The Crop Protection Network’s Corn Fungicide ROI Calculator is one tool that shares real-world results from university corn fungicide trials, allowing farmers to calculate the potential ROI for corn fungicide application across a variety of user-defined factors. Additionally, Syngenta announced the …
Agrauxine Teams with Syngenta to Supply Ornamental Market
Syngenta Crop Protection and Agrauxine by Lesaffre have signed an agreement to private label and exclusively distribute products STROVEQ® and SPREXIMA® in the U.S. ornamental market. STROVEQ is a systemic resistance inducer and SPREXIMA is a biofungicide and both utilize Agrauxine’s unique strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. STROVEQ is a systemic resistance Inducer (SRI) that acts preventively to prepare plants …
Syngenta Partners with Planet for Precision
A new partnership between Syngenta and Planet Labs PBC will allow farmers around the world to have comprehensive access to near-daily satellite imagery of their fields. The multi-year expansion of their strategic partnership enables farmers to remotely monitor crop health, detect pest infestations, and identify disease outbreaks. The high-resolution, commercially available satellite imagery is delivered to farmers globally as part …
ZimmCast 743 – Syngenta at Commodity Classic
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I’m going to share some Commodity Classic which was almost at the highest attendance ever. We were in the Mile High city of Denver, CO. The weather was mostly perfect but we did have some wind, rain and snow at the end. Next year the event will take place in San …
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 …
A Mile High 2025 Commodity Classic
The 2025 Commodity Classic attendance was surprisingly close to a record. The last number I heard on my way home was 11,368 but it could have grown higher on the last day. Last year was a record at 11,530. Some of us were a little concerned about weather but it was mostly very nice. A storm system moved in on …
Syngenta Offers Choices for Farmers
The Commodity Classic trade show saw thousands of farmers visit once again this year to learn what’s new in agriculture, and despite the tough farm economy, Syngenta’s Eric Boeck says the mood was hopeful. “While farmers are facing some challenges and there’s very little margin for error for farmers, we realize that and we want to be there side by …
New Durastak Corn Trait Stack Approved by EPA
Syngenta’s latest innovative corn trait stack for corn rootworm protection, Durastak™, has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and will be available in hybrids from both the Golden Harvest® and NK® brands, and through independent seed companies for the 2027 season. Drew Showalter, Head of Corn Portfolio Strategy for Syngenta, is at Commodity Classic this week to talk …
Syngenta Seeking Registration for New Active Ingredient
Syngenta is seeking registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a new active ingredient, isocycloseram, to be trademarked as PLINAZOLIN® technology, that can be used in insecticide products for cotton, vegetables, field corn, tree fruit crops, cereals and more. Syngenta Technical Product Lead Kevin Langdon, Ph.D. talked about the new technology at Commodity Classic this week. “We’ll have four …
Golden Harvest Hybrids Built for the North
Golden Harvest and GHX are offering new corn hybrids specifically gred for those northern farmers who take pride in their ability to produce corn in a challenging environment every year. Each of the individual Hybrids Built for the North product is named for apex predators adapted for success there: · Hybrid G00A97-AA – The Hawk: Like a Hawk, G00A97-AA Brand …