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Syngenta Invests £100M in UK Bioscience Center by 2028

3/17/2026

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Syngenta plans to invest £100 million to build a research center for agricultural bioscience at Jealott’s Hill in Berkshire, with completion by 2028.
The center will focus on developing biological pesticides and AI tools and will employ about 300 scientists.
The investment is described as a boost to the UK science sector amid tensions with the pharmaceutical industry.
Angela Eagle, the farming minister, praised the investment as a vote of confidence in UK agricultural science.
Syngenta will stop producing the weed killer paraquat by June amid ongoing US lawsuits over health claims.

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Syngenta plans to invest £100 million to build a research center for agricultural bioscience at Jealott’s Hill in Berkshire, with completion by 2028.
The center will focus on developing biological pesticides and AI tools and will employ about 300 scientists.
The investment is described as a boost to the UK science sector amid tensions with the pharmaceutical industry.
Angela Eagle, the farming minister, praised the investment as a vote of confidence in UK agricultural science.
Syngenta will stop producing the weed killer paraquat by June amid ongoing US lawsuits over health claims.