Syngenta Group Reports Q1 2026 Results | News

BASEL, Switzerland & SHANGHAI, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 30, 2026–

Syngenta Group today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, reporting growth across all four business units with continued margin expansions. The results reflect the Group’s ongoing transformation toward a higher-margin, innovation-led portfolio, with particular strength in next-generation technologies, biologicals and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled agronomy solutions.

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