Back to Basics

Oftentimes, the best way to overcome a complex challenge is to concentrate on the basics. So far in 2015, the most rudimentary law of economics, too much supply to meet market demand, is driving down commodity prices, causing growers to more carefully weigh the value of every input they consider. A healthier bottom line at the end of the season is still the end goal, but they face many complicated decisions on the road to achieve it.

Fortunately, resellers can help simplify a grower’s strategies for staying steadily on course. They understand that a farm’s success hinges on maximizing yields with core inputs, including high-quality seed and targeted crop protection products. But as trusted advisors, they also understand that the level of investment in these tools varies from farm to farm.

With different price points along our brand ladder, the Syngenta portfolio is deep enough to effectively meet the needs of each grower and broad enough to offer season-long protection against insects, weeds and diseases. Behind all of our technologies stands a team of local sales and agronomy representatives who are committed to help make sure the best suite of products fits each acre.

This website features some of our most powerful solutions, including our line of high-performing, high-yielding hybrids and varieties. Through firsthand experiences of growers and resellers, readers will learn in “Seed Wise” which specific seed products are helping produce record

"Behind all of our technologies stands a team of local sales and agronomy representatives, ready to work with you one-on-one to help make sure the best suite of products fits each acre."

yields. Of course, seed alone cannot manage a pest as relentless as the corn rootworm. In “Ground Game” readers will see how a multiyear, whole-farm program, which includes hybrids with the Agrisure Duracade^® trait, is helping growers manage the billion-dollar pest at unprecedented levels. The website also previews our rich pipeline of up-and-coming fungicides (“Better Solutions”), which testing shows will improve plant wellness across many crops. Even though reading about these innovations can be insightful, seeing them under local growing conditions leaves an even deeper impression. As reported in “Have a Field Day,” the more than 60 Syngenta Grow More Experience Sites will give visitors a chance to do just that this season.

Looking ahead, forecasting future financial conditions for U.S. agriculture is difficult. In a global marketplace, the economic mood can quickly shift from uncertainty one week to promise the next. But with guidance from their partners in the field, growers can always find opportunity, especially if they stay focused on the basic tools that offer the highest yield and greatest return on investment.