Syngenta Crop Protection and Taranis Announce Strategic AI Partnership
Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, a global leader in agricultural innovation, and Taranis, a pioneer in AI-powered crop intelligence, have announced the formalization of their successful collaboration into a strategic partnership across the U.S. Midwest. This partnership is designed to equip agricultural retailers with state-of-the-art AI-powered crop management solutions, combining digital innovation with proven agronomic expertise to deliver measurable value to both retailers and their grower customers.
A Transformative Leap for Agriculture
“AI is agriculture’s next transformative breakthrough,” said Vern Hawkins, Syngenta President of Crop Protection and Regional Director for North America. “The results from our 2025 collaboration with Taranis were clear: retailers experienced firsthand how integrating AI Crop Intelligence with our industry-leading crop protection portfolio created significant value for both their businesses and the growers they serve. This partnership allows us to take that proven model and scale it across the Midwest.”
The collaboration leverages Taranis’ leaf-level AI Crop Intelligence technology alongside Syngenta’s extensive portfolio of crop protection solutions and agronomic expertise. By combining these capabilities, retailers gain a comprehensive approach to field management, enabling more efficient monitoring of crops while ensuring growers receive timely, precise solutions when challenges are identified.
AI-Powered Insights Drive Operational Efficiency
During the 2025 growing season, retailers participating in the pilot program reported significant improvements in field management and operational efficiency. Jason Minton, Chief Commercial Officer of Taranis, explained, “Retailers reported using Taranis’ AI early detection capabilities in conjunction with Syngenta’s crop protection solutions to address field issues sooner. This proactive approach helped maximize yield potential and improved overall crop performance. Many retailers also noted that AI-driven insights allowed them to streamline field operations, focusing efforts on the highest priority fields and reducing time-intensive manual scouting—resulting in measurable efficiency gains.”
These early successes have provided the foundation for the next phase of the partnership, which will scale the program across the Midwest through targeted collaborations with retail partners in 2026. To support this expansion, the enhanced AI Crop Intelligence platform will include new features within Taranis’ Ag Assistant, such as advanced yield projection algorithms, all powered by Taranis’ proprietary leaf-level AI analysis. This combination of agronomic expertise and cutting-edge technology creates a unique offering that is currently unmatched in the marketplace.
Empowering Retailers and Growers
“Both companies share a vision of the AI-enabled agronomist of the future,” said Opher Flohr, CEO of Taranis. “By combining Syngenta’s deep agronomic knowledge and leading crop protection portfolio with Taranis’ advanced AI capabilities, we are giving retailers and growers timely, actionable insights. These insights allow them to make data-driven decisions and develop optimal crop management solutions more efficiently than ever before.”
This strategic alignment represents more than just technology integration—it signifies a fundamental shift in how crop management decisions are made. By embedding AI into the workflow of retailers and growers, the partnership ensures that challenges are identified early, interventions are precise, and resources are used effectively.
Retailer-Enabled Conservation Initiatives
Beyond operational efficiencies and crop performance, the Syngenta-Taranis collaboration emphasizes sustainability and conservation. In 2025, Taranis began advancing conservation agronomy programs, and the partnership with Syngenta is designed to build on this momentum, creating new value opportunities for retailers and their grower customers.
The strength of the partnership in the conservation space lies in combining Syngenta’s broad value chain relationships, geographic reach, and agronomic expertise with Taranis’ unique data capture, AI analysis, and comprehensive service delivery capabilities. Retailers play a central role in delivering these conservation solutions to growers, bridging the gap between technology, best practices, and actionable implementation in the field.
“We recognize that agricultural retailers are crucial in connecting growers with effective conservation solutions,” said Paul Backman, Head of North America Crop Protection Digital Agriculture & Sustainable Solutions at Syngenta. “The capabilities brought together through our partnership with Taranis position us perfectly to collaborate with retailers and generate value while advancing sustainability goals.”
Immediate Opportunities for Growers
While the broader conservation vision continues to evolve, retailers can leverage Taranis’ conservation services immediately. For the 2026 growing season, Taranis will enable retailers to extend conservation offerings to growers with minimal time or resource investment. These services simplify the process of applying for conservation funding, reduce administrative burdens, and often create new revenue streams for growers.
Paul Backman added, “We are thrilled to provide new value to Midwest retailers. Taranis’ conservation services are immediately actionable, and the AI Crop Intelligence platform is truly game-changing. It delivers real-time, leaf-level insights that help retailers optimize operations, enhance grower relationships, and ultimately expand their businesses.”
Driving Innovation in Crop Management
The partnership between Syngenta and Taranis exemplifies the growing role of AI in modern agriculture. By integrating advanced analytics, real-time monitoring, and precision crop protection, the collaboration provides a scalable model for improving productivity, operational efficiency, and sustainability across the Midwest. Growers benefit from early issue detection, data-driven recommendations, and timely interventions, while retailers gain tools that optimize service delivery and enhance their value proposition to customers.
“2025 showed us what’s possible when AI is applied intelligently in agriculture,” said Vern Hawkins. “We are confident that by formalizing this partnership and scaling it in 2026, we can help Midwest retailers and growers achieve more—whether that means higher yields, more efficient operations, or advancing conservation efforts. This is a pivotal moment for agriculture, and we are proud to lead the way alongside Taranis.”
