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  • May 2, 2012
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    Syngenta demo days highlight breadth of crops

    Syngenta recently held its Demonstration Days for Syngenta employees in North America and special guests at a convention center in Greensboro, N.C. Vern Hawkins, Syngenta regional director for North America, explains how the event educates visitors about the wide array of crops that Syngenta handles....More
  • Mar. 26, 2012
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    General Wesley Clark speaks at Syngenta in support of biofuels industry

    General Wesley Clark spoke at Syngenta regional headquarters in Minnetonka, Minn., on March 21 in support of the biofuels industry and what biofuels can mean for the future of America’s energy independence. Clark, a retired four-star general, serves as co-chairman of Growth Energy and CEO of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic consulting firm. Clark retired after a 38-year career in the U.S. Army. He graduated first in his class at West Point and obtained degrees in philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford University (B.A. and M.A.) as a Rhodes Scholar....More
  • Mar. 14, 2012
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    Herbicides from Syngenta for fighting glyphosate-resistant weeds

     Weed resistance in corn has been a growing problem over the past few years. John Foresman, asset lead for Syngenta, discusses several of the company's new herbicide products used for fighting glyphosate-resistant weeds, including Xemax, Halex GT, Lumax and Lexar....More
  • Mar. 8, 2012
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    New corn rootworm trait from Syngenta to hit markets in 2014 pending approval 1

    Chuck Leonard, key account agronomist for Syngenta, says that Agrisure Duracade is a "game-changing" technology. The new corn rootworm trait is in testing now and on schedule to be released commercially in 2014. Leonard explains the benefits and ways farmers can manage resistance....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
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    An inside view of Syngenta's global financial report to media

    Farm Industry News blogger Mark Moore gives his impressions of attending Syngenta's 2011 financial report to the media in Basel, Switzerland....More
  • Jan. 4, 2012
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    Syngenta funds computer model to put Palmer amaranth in crosshairs

    A computer model backed up with field work proved that the uninterrupted use of glyphosate alone (i.e., five applications per season per year) would result in glyphosate resistance within four years. The computer model is part of a project to study weed resistance. Syngenta collaborated on the project with university weed scientists Paul Nev., University of Warwick, England; and Ken Smith and Jason Norsworthy, both from the University of Arkansas....More
  • Dec. 20, 2011
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    Zemax herbicide from Syngenta receives EPA registration for 2012 season 1

    Syngenta announced that the EPA has granted registration approval for Zemax herbicide in North America, which is powered by Callisto Plant Technology....More
  • Dec. 15, 2011
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    A profile of Syngenta: Expansion of its core business and more 1

    Welcome to Basel, Switzerland, home to Syngenta. In this picturesque city located along the banks of the Rhine River, you’ll find the headquarters to a company that extends its reach to more than 90 countries around the world with its more than 26,000 employees. Although the company in its present form was created in late 2000 when Novartis and AstraZeneca merged their agribusinesses, its parent company roots stretch back well over 200 years. In fact, the company can trace its roots to Geigy, which was formed in 1758....More
  • Sep. 28, 2011
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    Court denies Syngenta request against Bunge

    Syngenta's complaint against Bunge has been denied by a U.S. federal district court....More
  • Aug. 22, 2011
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    Syngenta files complaint against Bunge for not accepting Viptera corn

    Syngenta just filed a complaint against Bunge North America for its refusal to accept corn with Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera trait. The complaint was filed by Syngenta North America in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa....More
  • Jul. 25, 2011
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    EPA approves Syngenta’s new corn trait stack with 5% refuge

    EPA has granted registration approval for Syngenta’s new Agrisure 3122 corn trait stack. The stack features two modes of action against both corn borer and corn rootworm, with a structured refuge of only 5% in the Corn Belt....More
  • Jun. 21, 2011
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    New seed treatment products from Syngenta

    The Syngenta Seedcare Plot Tour highlighted the company's seed treatment pipeline that includes a fungicide with a new mode of action, a new combination of fungicides and insecticides, and a new formulation of seed treatment. All are expected to be on the market in 2012....More
  • Apr. 8, 2011
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    Syngenta, Bayer CropScience to develop HPPD-tolerant soybean trait

    Growing weed resistance is driving the seed trait business. Syngenta and Bayer CropScience just announced that the two companies will collaborate on the development of an HPPD-herbicide-tolerant trait for soybeans. Adding HPPD-tolerance to the trait mix will help growers combat weed resistance, particularly to glyphosate. The trait is in the early development and will not be launched in North America until the “second half of this decade,” according to a news release from Syngenta....More
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