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Syngenta helps hurricane-stricken with three plantings.


Syngenta Syngenta AG is a large global agribusiness which markets seeds and crop protection products (pesticides). Syngenta is involved in biotechnology and genomic research. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in total sales in the commercial agricultural seeds  Crop Protection and The Conservation Fund planted the first of 4,000 trees in the area devastated dev·as·tate  
tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates
1. To lay waste; destroy.

2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark.
 by Hurricane Katrina Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism.  at the Syngenta facility in St. Gabrile, LA.

The planting of one tree for each Syngenta employee in the U.S. is part of a larger initiative by the company, in which more than 40,000 trees will be planted worldwide in recognition of its fifth anniversary.
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Title Annotation:FYI NEWS & NOTES
Publication:Agri Marketing
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EXSI
Date:Jan 1, 2006
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