Sustaining Sponsor Spotlight: Syngenta

The Ohio AgriBusiness Association is pleased to feature our Sustaining Sponsors in the 2023 Spotlight Series. This week, the focus is on Gold Sponsor: Syngenta.

Location (Main Headquarters): Basel, Switzerland

Year started: 2,000

Number of employees: 53,000 across more than 100 countries

Number of facilities: Syngenta operates major manufacturing, R&D and distribution facilities in 21 states and employs nearly 4,000 people across 41 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Type of services offered: Syngenta is one of the world’s leading agriculture companies, comprised of Syngenta Crop Protection and Syngenta Seeds. Our ambition is to help safely feed the world while taking care of the planet.  We aim to improve the sustainability, quality and safety of agriculture with world class science and innovative crop solutions. Our technologies enable millions of farmers around the world to make better use of limited agricultural resources. Through partnerships, collaboration and The Good Growth Plan, we are committed to accelerating innovation for farmers and nature, striving for regenerative agriculture, helping people stay safe and healthy, and partnering for impact.

Company history: Since 1970, Syngenta and our legacy companies have served American farmers. We help growers achieve success year after year through our focus on and investment in innovation – designing and consistently delivering best-in-class products along with agronomic advice to help farmers produce better and more sustainable food, feed, fiber and fuel crops.

We are committed to helping U.S. growers improve their productivity and potential profitability with breakthrough technologies, including new value-adding crop protection, seeds, traits, and precision and farm management technologies. Syngenta is investing in innovation, providing choice and value for U.S. farmers and American agriculture.

How has your company changed over the years? How haven’t we changed? With increased knowledge and capabilities across our entire industry, it’s hard to keep up with all the changes. Some things that have certainly stuck out include digital agriculture tools and techniques, the overall reduction in pesticide use as a result of highly targeted and efficient new active ingredients, regulatory landscape hurdles and asynchronous biotech approvals, and the list goes on and on.

How do you see your company growing in the future? Continued focus on the tools that growers in the field need…what’s needed, how it’s used, when it’s used, how we can help provide novel, innovative solutions, and a continued reliance on sound science along every step of the development process.

Interesting tidbits about your business: The agrichemical industry is more highly regulated than the pharmaceutical industry. Meanwhile, the demand for food, feed, fuel, and fiber continues to increase, increasing the need for continued innovation in agriculture.

How has OABA helped your business or the agribusiness industry? OABA has provided consistent support to the Ohio agricultural industry through its advocacy, network connections and informational resources and we look forward to a continued partnership as we work together to feed the world.

Interested in becoming a Sustaining Sponsor in 2024? 

Click here to learn more about the program or contact Lauren Prettyman at lprettyman@oaba.net. Sustaining sponsors will automatically be promoted as such at all 2022 OABA events and will not be approached for sponsorship opportunities throughout the year. 

Note that because the OABA Educational Trust is a 501(c)3 charitable organization, sponsorships related to this trust are separate from OABA.