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Podcast: MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON
Episode: Mid-West Ride Along - Syngenta's Bruce Battles - Data Behind Durastak
Description: Controlling corn rootworm is not only a technical challenge, it's a financial risk for any agribusiness. Farmers spend over $1 billion a year battling the insect that has the ability to change with its surroundings. Research shows that populations can develop resistance to repeated use of the same traits. That's why Syngenta started developing new technology years ago to try and overcome that resistance. It's not something that happens easily. Bruce Battles is the Head of Technical Data at the Syngenta Research Center in Malta, IL. Battles and his team of research agronomists pour over years of collected data...