Growers are facing many challenges this season, making it critical to protect yield potential and their bottom line in an environment defined by unpredictable weather and compounding disease risks. Syngenta is urging farmers to face those risks with a well-rounded approach. “My overarching message is don’t get caught up in just one disease and manage towards one, because I think …
Early Season Weed Control Remains Critical
With planting underway across the Midwest, Syngenta agronomist Matt Geiger is reminding growers not to cut corners on early-season weed management—even in a challenging farm economy. “Starting clean is step one,” Geiger said during an interview at the 2026 Commodity Classic in San Antonio. He noted that modern tillage equipment often fails to eliminate emerged waterhemp and Palmer amaranth, creating …
Syngenta Spotlights Biologicals at Classic
Syngenta Biologicals featured two products at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio last month – Boosten, which supports crop resilience under stress, and YieldON, which helps plants push more sugar and starch into seed to increase yield. YieldOn has been available for several years now but this is the first year of sales for Boosten, according to Joe Ben Bogle, …
Syngenta Victrato Fights Yield Robbing Soybean Diseases
The Crop Protection Network just released its soybean loss report for 2025, estimating 4.8 percent (216.5 million bushels) of the potential soybean production last year was lost due to disease across 29 soybean-producing U.S. states. According to the report, Red crown rot was estimated to have caused 7.7 million bushels of soybean yield losses in the U.S. in 2025, up …
The GHX Experience Makes Decision Making Easier
At the 2026 Commodity Classic, Syngenta Seeds’ head of agronomy Justin Welch shared how Golden Harvest is transforming farm decision-making with its AI-powered GHX experience, blending decades of agronomic expertise with cutting-edge digital technology. In the past five years, Golden Harvest has doubled down on innovation by integrating digital products and services to help farmers turn massive amounts of field …
Syngenta Invites Growers to Say Hello to Opello
After 12 years of research and development and more than 3,000 U.S. trials, Syngenta’s PLINAZOLIN technology at last received registration just three months ago from the Environmental Protection Agency and growers were able to learn more about Opello™, powered by PLINAZOLIN, at last week’s Commodity Classic. Syngenta insecticides technical product lead Kevin Langdon says they are seeing a lot of …
Syngenta Making AI Part of Farmer Solutions
When the first Commodity Classic was held 30 years ago, Artificial Intelligence was science fiction, but today it is a growing part of agricultural technology and Syngenta is on the front lines of developing ways to make it useful for farmers. Syngenta Crop Protection and Taranis formalized a strategic partnership last October to equip agricultural retailers across the Midwest with …
Durastak Corn Trait Stack Coming in 2027
It was one year ago that Syngenta’s Durastak Corn Trait Stack was approved by EPA and this time next year farmers will be able to see next level corn rootworm control with the Durastak/Durastak Viptera brand technology that is the first triple Bt protein stack for corn rootworm control. At the Syngenta Traits exhibit at last week’s Commodity Classic, Corn …
Syngenta and M.S. Technologies Announce New Soybean Trait Stack
Breaking news at Commodity Classic this week came as M.S. Technologies and Syngenta announced plans 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 and Stine Seed Company, as well as others. Built on the proven foundation of the Enlist …
SAP and Syngenta Partner for AI-Assisted Agriculture
SAP SE and Syngenta today announced a new partnership to accelerate AI-assisted innovation across Syngenta’s global operations. The partnership will embed artificial intelligence at the core of Syngenta’s enterprise, modernizing operations and enabling accelerated innovation through advanced data analytics across the business — from manufacturing and supply chain to grower-facing products and services. Agriculture continues to navigate challenges driven by …