To achieve our goals of improving precision and speed we look at the entire R&D process. It starts with our industry-leading R&D engine that drives more choice and more solutions within those seed products, traits and technologies.

Transgenic technologies remain critical for our competitive position in foundational traits like insect control and herbicide tolerance. Increased genetic diversity advances breeding programs – including gene editing for differentiated and next-generation trait products. And with decision science and analytics, we’re driving speed and precision to get products to market.

Syngenta Seed’s R&D process is all done with incredible scientific power through our employees and proprietary data. All the while, we’re focused on the farmer, so that together we can innovate in meaningful ways that enable profitability, growth, and generation-based operations.

“The Syngenta Seeds R&D engine is the perfectly calibrated engine of a high-tech rocket ship headed to Mars – with a synchronized, orchestrated balance between speed, precision, and power to successfully complete our mission: to bring farmers the solutions they need, as quickly as possible.”

Warren Kruger, Head of North America Seeds Development, Syngenta

To bring a new seed trait to market, it is estimated  to take 16.5 years and $115m USD in spend. Meanwhile, farmers continue to face challenges to produce more with fewer resources, so their need for fast and effective solutions increases every single day. That’s why Syngenta makes getting new seeds and traits to farmers faster our top priority.

Syngenta R&D reinvests 9% of every $1 of profit into further investments for seeds and crop protection globally. Our top priority is investing in farmers and supporting their needs every season.

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Our top priority is investing in genetics and trait technology in our seeds. Syngenta invests more than $1.4 billion into supporting farmers’ needs every year. Much of our speed to market can be attributed to the investment in our state-of-the-art facilities and our talented people who are dedicated and focused on solving farmer challenges, faster.

With the controlled environments offered at our facilities, we can scale operations and replicate precise growing conditions, so our solutions will be more accurate, consistent and ensure on-farm yield potential.

Our impactful technology and trials platform gives farmers confidence in our solutions and allows for optimum decision making in the field. With access to our industry leading germplasm all year round, we have 365 days/24 hours a day to pull germplasm, complete research, and support genetic advancement. We’re able to bypass growing seasons and identify solutions that are relevant to growers across the globe.

Syngenta has made strategic investments in core sites near hundreds of field trial locations. This gives us access to a multitude of GxE (Genetic x Environment) data sets that help us speed up product development.

Through STEPP (Strategic Testing for Effective Product Placement) Trials, we advance only the best-performing hybrids in the right environments. STEPP is a revolutionary late-stage product testing and commercialization program that delivers consistently high-performing hybrids to market and supports farmers with accurate crop placement and management recommendations.

Extensive two-year testing includes an optimized trialing footprint, precision research trials, and advanced modelling platforms to predict product performance response to local conditions.