CropLife Retail Week: Syngenta President Retires, Corn and Soybean Harvest Delays, and EPA Biofuel Shift

Eric Sfiligoj By Eric Sfiligoj|October 16, 2026

In this edition of CropLife Retail Week, CropLife Editor Eric Sfiligoj and Amy Asmus, Co-Owner of Asmus Farm Supply honor two retiring cornerstones of the agriculture industry: Syngenta North America President Vern Hawkins and Syngenta Head of U.S. Crop Protection Stewardship Caydee Savinelli, while looking ahead to the new Syngenta North America President Jeff Cecil taking leadership across the company’s seeds and crop protection. They also discuss the 2026 harvest and the EPA’s proposed 100% reallocation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume obligations.


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Sfiligoj is the Editor for both CropLife and CropLife IRON magazines. He travels regularly to cover industry events and has been dedicated to the ag retail industry since he joined the staff in 2000. See all author stories here.

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