Syngenta Crop Protection has announced a partnership with Taranis to offer AI-driven agronomy solutions to agricultural retailers in the U.S. This collaboration aims to enhance farm productivity and profitability by implementing advanced AI recommendations and conservation-focused services. Starting 2024, the initiative will involve significant investment over three years to enable retailers to adopt Taranis' AI-powered platforms. These platforms will provide retailers with AI-driven, leaf-level scouting insights and agronomic recommendations using Generative AI.
This move is set to transform retail workflows, optimize decision-making, and promote conservation practices among growers. Paul Backman from Syngenta emphasized the collaboration's role in maximizing AI's potential and digital agronomy, further enhancing service efficiency for growers. The collaboration will integrate Syngenta's Cropwise platform with Taranis’ intelligence solutions, targeting productivity, conservation agronomy, and AI-enabled solutions. This partnership will extend a unique offer to Midwest retailers for adopting Taranis' AI intelligence platform, featuring high-resolution threat detection.
This tech will allow comprehensive, remote scouting and efficient field prioritization. Paired with Ag AssistantTM, Taranis’ GenAI agronomy engine, retail advisors can use data-driven insights for quick, accurate crop protection decisions, boosting productivity and profits. Opher Flohr of Taranis highlights this collaboration as pivotal for AI in production agriculture. Future partnerships aim to merge Syngenta's and Taranis' platforms, enhancing digital agronomy offerings.
In terms of conservation, the collaboration will help retailers offer Taranis' conservation platform to growers. This platform facilitates access to conservation funding and supports sustainable practice adoption, significantly simplifying conservation reporting. Syngenta is committed to sustainability, and this collaboration reflects efforts to support environmental stewardship. Future efforts will integrate Syngenta's Cropwise Sustainability platform with Taranis’ service to unlock emerging market opportunities via digitally enabled conservation agronomy.
Syngenta aims to improve global agricultural sustainability and safety through scientific and innovative crop solutions. Taranis, providing AI-powered agronomy services globally, aids farm decision-making and sustainability practices. The collaboration positions both companies to address growing demands for innovative, sustainable agricultural practices.
