Brett Miller is the regional head of crop protection field development for Syngenta Crop Protection where he leads a team of 12 field scientists and staff in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois in developing new and innovative solutions for crop protection. Miller’s team is working on solutions for weed, insect and plant disease management, as well as biologicals and biostimulants, from discovery through commercialization on all crops but predominantly corn, soybean and wheat.

Syngenta, an international agriculture company, has employees in over 90 countries helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources.

Miller has worked for Syngenta and their legacy companies for more than 25 years, serving in a variety of commercial and technical roles. He started as a field research scientist in Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota and then became the global herbicide technical manager at the company’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. He has also served as herbicide tolerant trait manager and as technical development lead. 

As Syngenta’s representative on the ISRC’s Industry Advisory Council, Miller said, “Being part of the ISRC Industry Advisory Council and supporting this organization is a personal and professional honor. I value the opportunity to regularly hear from Iowa State researchers and graduate students and to discuss and consult on their research. The interaction with other industry leaders on the IAC is great as well. Research funded by the ISRC at Iowa State will bring solutions to problems faced by Iowa and American crop producers now and into the future.”

Miller earned his BS in Crop and Weed Science and his MS in Weed Science from North Dakota State University.  In addition to his responsibilities with Syngenta, Miller also owns the farm that belonged to his grandparents in western North Dakota.