Syngenta is making a broad assessment of the value of atrazine in today’s agricultural economy. Syngenta is the principal registrant for atrazine which has been used with success by U.S. corn, sorghum and sugar farmers for the past 50 years, benefiting them to the tune of 3.3-billion dollars. In addition to managing weeds, atrazine and its sister triazines are critical to support conservation tillage practices that improve soil conservation in row crop production.

One key economic study being used by Syngenta was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. That study reveals that Atrazine and its sister triazine herbicides are worth an estimated annual yield benefit and net cost savings of 343-million dollars for U.S. sorghum growers, 210-million for U.S. corn growers and up to 120-million dollars for U.S. sugar cane growers. The family of products also provides substantial weed control and encourages conservation tillage and no-till farming, which reduce soil erosion and improve water quality.