CropsSyngenta third-quarter sales drop 10% as European heat curbs spraying
Syngenta's third-quarter sales fell to $5.2bn and EBITDA to $800m as drought and heat in Europe cut crop protection demand, though nine-month EBITDA rose 1% to $3.2bn.
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AgribusinessDeep crop protection inventory cuts risk spot shortages in 2027, Syngenta's Cecil warns
Syngenta's new head of North American crop protection says every level of the supply chain is cutting stock to save working capital, leaving nobody able to cover a gap.
CropsSyngenta asks EPA to double the yearly bicyclopyrone limit for US corn growers
Syngenta has submitted a HiFlex label expansion to the US Environmental Protection Agency that would double the maximum yearly rate of bicyclopyrone in its corn herbicides and allow a pre-emergence product to be followed by Acuron GT after emergence.
CropsSyngenta to sell Japanese firm's new rice herbicide in Asia against resistant weeds
Syngenta will market cyclopyranil, a PPO-inhibiting rice herbicide developed by Japan's Kyoyu Agri, in selected Asian markets, giving growers a new tool against grass and broadleaf weeds resistant to ACCase and ALS herbicides.
CropsBrazil's health regulator lists Syngenta's metproxybicyclone, a step towards a new grass herbicide
ANVISA has added metproxybicyclone, a new ACCase-inhibitor subclass aimed at grass weeds resistant to glyphosate and clethodim, to its list of regulated pesticide ingredients, a required step for Syngenta's Perforze OD herbicide in soybean and cotton.
CropsSyngenta brings a fluazinam fungicide for white mould and late blight to Canada
Syngenta Canada has launched Kadexa SC, a fluazinam 500 g/L fungicide for white mould in soybeans, dry beans and potatoes and late blight in potatoes, ahead of the 2027 season; it replaces Allegro in eastern Canada.
CropsSyngenta brings Incipio, a new Group 30 insecticide, to Canadian potato growers
The PLINAZOLIN-based foliar product controls Colorado potato beetle, leafhopper and European corn borer, as well as loopers, diamondback moth and mites in specialty crops, and will be sold for the 2027 season.
AgrotechSyngenta's Cropwise Explorer uses satellite images and AI to flag fields to scout first
The new tool for farm-input retailers combines past performance data, in-season crop information and satellite imagery, with anomaly detection, NDVI-based weekly reports and an AI summary.
Agribusiness
AMVAC buys four US crop protection brands from Syngenta, including Caparol
American Vanguard's AMVAC is acquiring the US registrations and trademarks for Caparol, Evik, Prime+ and Agri-Flex, which it expects to add more than $7 million in annual net sales.
CropsBrazil cancels Syngenta's Engeo Pleno insecticide after a five-year infraction case
Registration 06105 was cancelled by Ato nº 59 in the federal gazette of 18 September, banning production, import, export and sale, after an appeals commission refused to convert the penalty into a fine.
Vegetables
Charghat growers turn small plots into steady income after Syngenta's Farmer School
More than 1,500 farmers from 14 villages of Charghat, Rajshahi, are learning crop care, soil health and pest management hands-on at Syngenta Bangladesh's Farmer School, and brinjal, cabbage and radish growers report rising earnings.
Crops
Syngenta Curanza gives canola and mustard a higher dose against flea beetles
Registered for the 2027 season in Canada, Curanza carries 800 g of cyantraniliprole per 100 kg of seed against competitors' rates of up to 500 g, and is available through CANTERRA SEEDS and BrettYoung; flea beetles alone cost canola growers more than $160 million a year.
Agrotech
Syngenta takes European rights to an amoeba biofungicide for wheat septoria and rust
A binding supply and distribution agreement converts the November 2025 MoU: Syngenta will sell Amoéba's AXP20, a lysate of Willaertia magna C2c Maky, for all cereals except maize across the EU-27, UK, Ukraine and Switzerland, with first registrations expected in Q3 2028 and spring 2029 use; septoria