MINNETONKA, Minn., USA –
Syngenta announced the launch of the 2015
Voices 4 Wheat campaign, a wheat-focused blog that spotlights the wheat production story through growers’ and retailers’ first-hand experiences throughout the growing season.
“Our goal is to serve as an interactive resource for cereal growers across the country, where users can discuss pest and production challenges, as well as solutions they have found to be effective in their fields,” said Bev Larson, cereals communications lead, Syngenta.
This season, follow the stories of these four growers and retailers across the major cereals-growing regions of the U.S.:
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Paul Kanning is a third-year wheat grower and retired United States Air Force veteran from northeast Montana. Kanning grows 1,150 acres of spring wheat and pulse crops, including dry peas, lentils and faba beans.
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Kevin Capistran is a full-time farmer, part-owner of
Capistran Seed Company and an
AgriPro® associate located in northwestern Minnesota. Capistran and his family grow wheat, soybean, sugarbeets and sunflowers, and they conduct their own seed and product trials, as well as host trials for universities and other companies.
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Tom Luhrs is the owner of
Luhrs Certified Seed in southwest Nebraska, and Scott Way manages the seeds side of the business. They manage a combination of dryland and irrigated crops across 1,600 acres, along with producing and selling certified winter wheat seed and oats. They are currently growing 14 different winter wheat varieties.
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Brian Lorentz is the seed manager for
Columbia Grain, Inc., in western Idaho. Lorentz helps manage 200,000 acres of white and red wheat, barley, peas, lentils, garbanzo beans, canola, flax and oats. Columbia Grain, Inc. serves growers in Montana, North Dakota and the Pacific Northwest.
To follow our 2015 participants on their journey, visit
http://voices4wheat.com. Join the conversation online – connect with us at
social.SyngentaUS.com.
About Syngenta
Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more than 28,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our purpose: Bringing plant potential to life. Through world-class science, global reach and commitment to our customers we help to increase crop productivity, protect the environment and improve health and quality of life. For more information about us please go to
www.syngenta.com.
Media Contacts:
Bev Larson
612-656-8122
bev.larson@syngenta.com
Jennifer Piotrowski
312-648-6700
jpiotrowski@gscommunications.com
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