Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, a global leader in agricultural innovation, has formalized its successful collaboration with Taranis, a pioneer in AI-powered crop intelligence, into a strategic partnership across the Midwest. This initiative will equip agricultural retailers with AI-driven crop management tools, introducing advanced digital technologies that create measurable value for both retailers and their grower customers.
“AI is agriculture’s next transformative breakthrough,” said Vern Hawkins, Syngenta president of Crop Protection and regional director of North America. “The results from our 2025 collaboration with Taranis were clear ─ retailers saw how AI Crop Intelligence along with our leading crop protection portfolio created value for both their businesses and growers. This partnership allows us to scale that proven model across the Midwest.”
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The partnership empowers retailers to integrate Taranis’ leaf-level AI Crop Intelligence with Syngenta’s industry-leading crop protection products and agronomic expertise. This combination delivers a comprehensive field management approach, expanding monitoring capabilities while ensuring that growers receive timely, precise solutions when issues arise.
“Throughout 2025, participating retailers reported using Taranis’ AI early detection capabilities combined with Syngenta’s leading crop protection solutions to address field issues sooner, helping maximize yield,” explained Jason Minton, chief commercial officer of Taranis. “Many retailers shared how AI insights enabled them to streamline field operations focusing on the highest priority fields and reducing manual scouting time resulting in significant efficiency improvements.”
Building on these operational and agronomic successes, the partnership will scale across the Midwest in 2026 through targeted retail partners. Supporting this growth, Taranis will enhance its AI Crop Intelligence platform with new capabilities in the Ag Assistant, including advanced yield projection algorithms, powered by proprietary leaf-level AI analysis technology that remains unmatched in the marketplace.
“Both companies share the vision of an AI-enabled agronomist of the future,” said Opher Flohr, chief executive officer of Taranis. “By combining Syngenta’s deep agronomic expertise and industry-leading crop protection portfolio with Taranis’ advanced AI capabilities, we’re empowering retailers and growers with timely, actionable insights to help them develop optimal crop management solutions more efficiently than ever before.”
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Beyond AI-driven crop intelligence, the partnership strengthens conservation efforts initiated by Taranis in 2025. By combining Syngenta’s extensive value chain relationships, geographic reach, and conservation expertise with Taranis’ AI data capture and service capabilities, retailers can play a central role in delivering effective conservation solutions to growers.
“We believe ag retailers play a critical role in bringing conservation solutions together for growers,” said Paul Backman, head of North America Crop Protection Digital Agriculture & Sustainable Solutions. “The powerful capabilities brought together through our partnership with Taranis put us in an excellent position to collaborate with retailers and create value for them as we deliver on this vision.”
For the 2026 growing season, retailers can immediately leverage Taranis’ conservation services, reducing traditional barriers for growers while opening potential new revenue streams. “We’re thrilled to bring new value to Midwest retailers,” Paul added. “Taranis’ conservation service is an immediate opportunity for retailers, and AI Crop Intelligence is even more game-changing ─ delivering timely AI-derived, leaf-level insights that help retailers increase efficiency, strengthen customer relationships, and grow their businesses.”
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