Making Soil Science a Priority
Tim Hammerich
News Reporter
Global agricultural input provider Syngenta has made significant steps to build their internal team focused on soil science and soil health. CEO Jeff Rowe says he was learning more about the trends happening in this field and started asking a lot of questions. This elevated soil science as a priority for the company.
Rowe… “ Because of the ability to now capture data through sensors to have access to more information, we were at a bit of an inflection point where we could take a lot more information and make more sense out of the information to make more decisions, more informed decisions, and perhaps different decisions than we could have made in the past. And so. Again, I don't know, could we have done that 10 years ago or five years ago? I'm not sure. But I'm glad that we took the decision when we did. And, I've seen nothing but support for the thesis, if you will, that there is great potential and opportunity to be able to link to the background that Matt and Abey and others have in this space to the things that Syngenta is doing globally. So I think it's a great story. The story's not done yet, but I'm glad we're on the journey. “
Rowe said hiring chief soil scientist Matt Wallenstein was a big step toward this direction for the company.
