Syngenta

Syngenta Flowers announces Michael Kester will retire at the end of 2020 after 42 years at the company. Mark Schermer is appointed as his successor as global head of Syngenta Flowers, effective Sept. 1, 2020.

Syngenta plans to launch a line of a downy mildew-resistant impatiens at the California Spring Trials in March.

An American national security panel has signed off on the $43 billion dollar purchase agreement of the Swiss-based farm chemicals and seeds company Syngenta, clearing the way for its acquisition by ChemChina.