Syngenta Upbeat Outlook Boosts Shares

Syngenta AG, the world’s largest agrochemicals company, has reported a four per cent fall in first-quarter sales but stayed upbeat about the full year, sending its shares over seven per cent higher. Syngenta, which makes products to kill weeds and bugs as well as genetically modified seeds, said sales totalled $3.6 billion, a seven per

Syngenta Corrects Crop Protection Guide

Syngenta Crop Protection Canada is offering Manitoba and Saskatchewan farmers stickers to correct the entries on Axial herbicide (page 90) and Quilt fungicide (page 282) in the two provinces’ 2009 Crop Protection Guides. The company warns that Axial’s label does not allow tank mixes with the broadleaf products 2,4-D, Estraprop, Express Pack or Thumper, “due


Group 1 resistance varies in wild oats

A Group 1 herbicide that Syngenta Crop Protection introduced as a tool against Group 1-resistant wild oats hasn’t outlived its usefulness, the company says. The company said Nov. 28 that its AMA Test pilot program found that out of 65 fields it tested, 25 per cent showed wild oats resistant to all Group 1 herbicides,

USDA seeks comment on ethanol enzyme

The U. S. Agriculture Department has asked for public comment on a request by Syngenta Seeds Inc. seeking to deregulate a genetically engineered type of corn that helps in the production of ethanol. The genetically engineered corn produces a microbial enzyme that facilitates ethanol production. Syngenta Seeds is part of Syngenta AG, the world’s largest


Syngenta scholars named:

Six Manitoba students are among 30 who have earned Horizon scholarships of $1,000 each from Syngenta Crop Protection Canada. Successful applicants live or work on Prairie farms, plan on post-secondary education in agriculture, business or natural science and are chosen based on academic standing, extracurricular activities and community involvement. This year’s Manitoba scholars are Angela