Syngenta Seeds Hosts the Largest TruBulk® Seed Delivery System Conference in United States

Golden Valley, Minn. - October 2007 - A 5-year trend of soybean sales indicates the success of bulk handling advances has resulted in a 47 percent drop in the use of 50-pound bags by growers. Leading the trend, retailers, seed advisors and reps from 15 states recently completed intensive training on the TruBulk® Seed Delivery System from Syngenta at the KSi Conveyors’ facility in Cissna Park, Ill. Participants learned of new advances and services to increase efficiency of bulk seed delivery. …more

INDIANAPOLIS and DES MOINES, Iowa — October 24, 2007 — The European Commission today announced it has granted full food, feed, processing and import approval of grain corn and derived products containing the HERCULEX® RW Rootworm Protection trait, as well as the stack of HERCULEX I Insect Protection and Roundup Ready® Corn 2 (RR2), into the European Union (EU).

These products had previously been deemed safe by the EU’s own independent scientific authority — the European Food Safety Authority — and have been approved in numerous other countries around the world already. This decision means grain with these traits is immediately approved for import as grain and processed products into the 27-nation EU. …more