Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, announces divestment of US FarMore Vegetable Seed Treatment Platform to Gowan SeedTech LLC

Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC, a global leader in crop protection, and Gowan SeedTech LLC, a global, family-owned agriculture solutions business headquartered in Yuma, AZ, announce that they have entered into a sale agreement with Gowan acquiring Syngenta’s FarMore^® Technology Vegetable Seed Treatment Platform in the United States. The FarMore Technology Platform is a precise on-seed application of separately registered seed protection products combined into proprietary recipes for use on vegetable crops. The transaction includes the divestment of certain specific Syngenta trademarks, recipes, registrations, and other assets used in the FarMore Technology Platform in the United States. Syngenta also has agreed to supply its proprietary vegetable seed treatment products to Gowan for its use in FarMore Technology offerings.

″We believe that with Gowan’s strategic focus on servicing U.S. vegetable growers and Syngenta’s active ingredient innovation, breeder-producers and seed technology companies alike will benefit from this transaction and our continuing collaboration,″ said Jeff Cecil, head of North America Crop Protection Marketing.

″We are looking forward to building on this precision application technology, with a renewed focus and expanded offerings in the future,″ said Alex Deckey, Gowan SeedTech business manager.

This transaction closed on December 30, 2024, and the financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed. Syngenta and Gowan will work together over the next several months to facilitate an orderly transition to maintain quality customer service for our business partners.