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SEEDS & PLANTSTOCK

SYNGENTA SEED CARE INTRODUCES EQUENTO®, OFFERING

A NOVEL MODE OF ACTION TO CONTROL SOIL PESTS

Syngenta Crop Protection’s Seedcare in- Among the key benefits EQUENTO® safety reflects Syngenta's commitment to
troduces EQUENTO®, a novel seed treat- brings is its ability to increase the sustain- innovation,” said Jonathan Brown, Global
ment that provides outstanding control ability of a farm’s operations. Safe for both Head of Syngenta Seedcare. “It transforms
of various soil pests while helping farmers the seed and plant, this seed treatment the ability of farmers to manage wireworms
increase the sustainability of their farming is highly effective at very low dose rates and other hard to control pests, establish a
operations. and is not easily soluble or mobile in soil. healthy young crop crucial for good yields,
EQUENTO®, based on Syngenta’s cut- This provides precise and effective pest while protecting soil health, bio-diversity
ting-edge PLINAZOLIN® technology, is ap- control in the area immediately surrounding and the planet.”
plied onto seeds, protecting the crop right a plant’s roots and ensures healthier roots Insects and soil pests pose significant
from the start of its life. Based on a new that contribute to better soil health and challenges to farmers, threatening both
mode of action (IRAC Group 30), it breaks biodiversity. yields as well as the quality of the harvests
the critical rise in insect resistance, while This innovative seed treatment also offers by harming the crop as well as opening
offering precise control of a broad variety farmers greater flexibility in farming deci- pathways for disease. Their ability to con-
of soil pests – including difficult-to-control sions – ranging from application timings, stantly evolve, coupled with the impact of
pests such as the wireworm and the red dose rates to choices of mixtures with other climate change that has propelled shifts in
legged earth mite. The seed treatment can insecticides and fungicides. It is effective the insect pressure and spectrum farmers
be applied across multiple crops including even in low soil temperatures, controlling face, have increased the urgency for inno-
cereals and canola. pests that either ingest or come in contact vative solutions that protect the farmers
with the plant, and reducing pest popula- ability to grow productively and sustainably.
tions in the soil. In addition, EQUENTO® An estimated 600 species of insects are
features exceptional target specificity, already deemed resistant to at least one
which enables farmers to precisely tailor insecticide.
their dose rates to meet particular pest Syngenta will mark its global launch of
challenges. EQUENTO® in Australia later this year, under
“EQUENTO®'s combination of a nov- the trademark EQUENTO® Extreme. Further
el mode of action, broad spectrum pest registrations are expected to follow in other
control, as well as superior seed and crop markets worldwide.
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GRIMME TAKES OVER AGRARADA IN POLAND

The GRIMME Group from Damme (Ger- partners and form a powerful interface
many) takes over the Polish agricultural to the factory in Damme and to the local
machinery retailer Agrarada from Brzezimi- Premium Partners.
erz near Wroclaw. Founded in 1999 by Agrarada was founded in 1999 by Jo-
Johan Kruijthoff, the company specialised han Kruijthoff, a Dutchman who was al-
in the trade and service of potato, vege- ready very intensively involved in potato
table and beet technology from the very
beginning. GRIMME was the first supplier "The Polish and Ukrainian customers can cultivation in his homeland. One of the
and looks back on more than 20 years of continue to rely on the competent sales, first employees, Arek Brzyski, became a
the reliable service and the prompt spare co-partner in the company in 2004. Today,
successful partnership with Agrarada. Agr-
arada's own sales and service staff cover parts supply. We will also make an offer of 20 employees work for the agricultural
machinery retailer, which has also been
the entire territory of Poland and western continued employment to all 20 employ-
ees," added Dr Michael Tönnies, Managing marketing spare parts online since 2017.
Ukraine. "Poland is one of the most impor- Director of the GRIMME Group. Agrarada has been selling agricultural ma-
tant potato and vegetable growing regions chinery to Ukraine since 2000 and opened
in Europe, and this acquisition will enable "We have always put a lot of heart and a branch there in Korchiv (Lviv Oblast) in
us to further increase our presence in the soul into the company and are glad that 2019.
market," says Sebastian Talg, Managing GRIMME is continuing and developing the
Director of GRIMME Landmaschinenfabrik. company. Our workforce is familiar with
GRIMME and knows that it will have a
positive future," founder Johan Kruijthoff
and co-partner Arek Brzyski make clear.
GRIMME has been active in Poland for
over 40 years and in 2010 founded its
own sales and service company in Środa
Wielkopolska, 30 km southwest of Poznan. Picture: The Agarada base in Brzezimierz
Eight employees from GRIMME Polska are about 35 km south of Wroclaw.
responsible for the local sales and service
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