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Ryegrass + cereal and pulse farmers = definitely not friends. This fast-growing weed can outcompete crops by sucking up precious moisture, nutrients and light. Heavy infestations can also choke crop growth and clog machinery. Native to the Mediterranean, ryegrass has also been reported in about 21 countries and is resistant to up to 14 herbicide modes of action. And ryegrass is remarkably good at reproducing – great for hay – but a headache for crop farmers. In Australia, annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) has cost crop farmers up to USD$1.4 billion in a year. Consistent integrated weed management has never been more important for cereal and pulse farmers. “One missed season resets the clock entirely. Consistency is everything,” says Sarah Wilson, one of our herbicide experts. Swipe to learn why ryegrass has become such a formidable challenge for farmers. #Ryegrass #WeedManagement #HerbicideResistance #TopFiveResistantWeeds

From genetics to seed technology, the future of vegetables starts in the field. What a bountiful #FutureOfVeg2026 event! Well done to our amazing U.S. Syngenta Vegetable Seeds team and partners, and to the growers for making it such a success. 🌱

Did you know? 💡 The global onion market produces 100 million tons every year across 175 countries, and it’s worth $4.5 billion globally. These may be eye-watering figures, but that’s how much this humble root vegetable is valued around the world. In Asia, for example, where consumers prefer pungent varieties with high dry matter content, farmers face different challenges than their European counterparts, where consumers prefer milder, sweeter onions. Onion breeding has many layers of art and science, and our Syngenta Vegetable Seeds team peels them daily to ensure markets and growers get varieties that align with their soil, disease protection, and crop biology needs. Do you like your onions sautéed, roasted, or caramelized? Share your favorite dish below! 👇 #Agriculture #Crops #Onions

Our very own Gael Le Goupil has made it her mission to find solutions to managing Ryegrass. As a weed control expert, she’s dedicated her energy to helping growers protect their yields through passion and innovation. 💪 Hear from Gael on the critical importance of managing Ryegrass, explaining how a single plant can produce thousands of seeds and lead to severe infestations if left unchecked. Tell us what you’re passionately obsessed with in the comments! #ObsessedWith #Ryegrass #Weeds #Agriculture #Breakthroughs

Would you spend your days surrounded by 15 million bees? For Joop Kampen, this has been a reality for over 44 years. 🐝 As resident beekeeper at our Vegetable Seeds’ Enkhuizen site in the Netherlands, Joop’s dedication to pollinators plays a crucial role in developing new seeds, boosting biodiversity, and protecting global food security. Despite huge advances in agricultural technology, seed production still relies on nature’s workforce of bees, flies, and other pollinators. Over his four-decade-long career, his colonies have grown from 70 to nearly 500, each consisting of up to 30,000 bees. Today, his bees support Syngenta greenhouses across the Netherlands, helping produce millions of seeds every year. It’s a complex craft, but Joop’s passion for the buzz helps keep global seed research moving forward and your favorite vegetables on the table. Learn more about Joop’s love for the hives: https://lnkd.in/d6vkUaqV #Pollinators #AgTech #Bees #SyngentaSeeds Syngenta Vegetable Seeds

When UV levels rise, we humans can reach for sunscreen. But what protects plants, and more specifically, sports turf? ☀️ Under intense summer sun, closely managed turf struggles to produce enough of its own protective pigments. Inspired by plants' defense mechanisms, we have developed pigment technology that helps shield golf greens, sports pitches, and other playing surfaces from harmful UV, while allowing enough light through for photosynthesis and healthy growth. ⛳️ How can a plant-inspired ‘sunscreen’ help sports turf stay healthier through the hottest months of the year? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eidXEqeK #AgTech #SyngentaRyder #Innovation #TurfProtection

In agriculture, a picture is worth a thousand words. 📸 But as Syngenta Fellow in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence Rob Lind knows, extracting data from an image can be a lengthy process that's prone to human error. Rob designs systems that replace estimates with exact measurements, and he created a new generation of computer vision tools with his team — a technology that enables computers to observe and interpret their surroundings, identifying everything from crops and weeds to fruits and pests. With this new generation of tools, growers can use a single image to run more precise analyses, pinpoint crop health metrics, and spot emerging threats faster than ever before. From tallying corn kernels for accurate yield outcomes to our Robodog delivering leaf-level insights, these advancements are transforming the future of field management. 🌾 #AgTech #Robodog #Innovation #ComputerVision

For over a decade at our North Carolina headquarters, we've worked to bridge the gap between science and harsh farming conditions. 🌾 Active ingredients alone aren’t enough to protect farms from destructive pests like corn rootworm larvae, which gnaw at roots underground. Crop protection solutions must be carefully engineered into a finished formulation that remains stable, pourable, and highly effective. That challenge led to the unique formulation of Opello. As Kevin W. Langdon, Technical Product Lead, puts it, “Opello can be tank mixed with a wide breadth of starter fertilizers to deliver top-end efficacy against corn rootworm. This was an unmet need for growers who wanted to fertilize and protect their crops simultaneously, and we were able to deliver on that.” But creating formulations is only half the battle at our Greensboro facility. Between the factory and the field, ingredients can easily separate, crystallize, or thicken into an unpourable sludge, which is why Andrew Pearson’s R&D team stress-tests solutions to ensure growers get the exact product and quality for excellent yields! 🙌 Here’s how our Greensboro team work together to keep our food supply from a billion-dollar threat 👉 https://lnkd.in/ei2EkRcp #Agriculture #CropProtection #Innovation

How do you plan for agriculture’s next big threat? Roughly every two years, a new plant pathogen puts vegetable crops and harvests at risk around the world. But at an isolated, fully controlled, biosafe facility in the heart of Andalucía in Southern Spain, science is helping us develop solutions faster to help growers protect their crops. Teams of scientists at our new R&D Technology Center in El Ejido collaborate daily to identify emerging pathogens earlier, accelerating the development of more resilient vegetable varieties to help strengthen global food security. The facility’s field-to-lab approach means diagnostics begin in growers' fields as soon as new threats emerge, covering viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and parasitic plants. Thanks to those insights, our experts can begin developing solutions faster to protect the livelihoods of growers. Every emerging plant pathogen is a new race against time. But now science has the tools to compete. #Agriculture #PlantScience #AgTech #Innovation Syngenta Vegetable Seeds

From classic iceberg to the delicate romaine and butterhead, there’s a wide range of lettuce varieties for all tastes! 🥬 To meet the growing demand for high-quality lettuce globally, our Syngenta Vegetable Seeds is breeding resilient and abiotic-resistant varieties to cope with climate extremes, so growers have a consistent and predictable production of lettuce all year round. Here are five facts about one of our favorite greens. Which of these surprised you? 💡