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There’s no magic bullet to weed control.  No matter how much you work toward fighting unwanted weeds, resistance continues to build and spread.  Zack Trower, Agronomist with Syngenta, says it’s important to make the most of your weed control program.   "When we tal...

Ask Jacky Davis, a leader on the Syngenta Digital Ag Solutions team, she’ll tell you she’s passionate about sustainable agriculture.  And for her, sustainability isn’t just theoretical, she understands how sustainable practices can make a positive, real-world impact on land stewardship and supply-chain transparency.  She added she unders...

Growers across the nation are facing a rise in herbicide resistant weeds.  Growers reported an increase in resistant weeds in 2018, and 2019 looks to be trending the same.   “Seems to be a broken record here but we continue to see more and more resistant weeds," said Gordon Vail, technical product lead for corn herbicides at Syngenta.  "Growers are ...

Producers of Syngenta’s Talinor herbicide say it helps growers control difficult weeds. Brent Lackey, herbicide product lead at Syngenta, said good weed control starts with keeping a close eye on your fields.   “Really, the most difficult weeds that growers really need to be aware of are kochia, Russian thistle, wild buckwheat and common lambsquarters. Particularly in the ...

Washington State University will hold their first oilseed workshops of 2019 later this month.  The first will be on January 23rd in Wilbur, with the second in Clarkston on the 25th.  WSU’s Karen Sowers said workshops this year will focus on stand establishment.   “Some ...

Washington State University will hold their first oilseed workshops of 2019 later this month.  The first will be on January 23rd in Wilbur, with the second in Clarkston on the 25th.  WSU’s Karen Sowers said workshops this year will focus on stand establishment.   “Some peop...

Syngenta and plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the company have announced a $1.51 billion settlement to resolve class actions and individual cases regarding Agrisure Viptersa.  The cases allege that Syngenta sold its "Agrisure Viptera" and "Agrisure Duracade" corn seeds before it should have because new insect-resistant genetic traits in those seeds had not yet received import ap

Because of their potential health, nutritional and environmental benefits, Genetically Modified foods, better known as GMOs, are gaining popularity with consumers, both here in the U.S. and abroad.  However, there are many who still have questions.  ...

Syngenta has acquired FarmShots, Inc., a North Carolina-based innovator of high-resolution satellite imagery that detects plant health by analyzing absorbed light from field images. In a company news release, Syngenta said FarmShots was developed to help farmers, agronomists and retailers quickly and accurately spot field issues caused by planter skips, emergence, insect feeding, poor plant nutrit

Syngenta announced this week that former American Farm Bureau Federation lobbyist Mary Kay Thatcher will join its government relations team.  Thatcher will join Syngenta in mid-February as senior lead of Federal Government Relations, based in Washington, D.C.   ...