Kemin Crop Technologies – Solutions for Healthy Plants and Healthy Environments
Kemin Crop Technologies is a premium resource for crop growers who are seeking science-based plant health technologies for keeping their operations healthy and profitable. Products and services from Kemin Industries reach more than 3.8 billion people. That we impact over half of the world’s population every single day, and we take that responsibility very seriously.
The vision of Kemin Industries is to improve the quality of life by touching over half the population of the world every day. One way we work toward this is by continuing to develop innovative crop technologies, products and services through research and development, experimentation and a consistent scientific approach to the commercial horticulture market.
We are Kemin
Don’t think of Kemin as just a list of products or an ingredient supplier, or even a provider of crop technology services. We are a science-based company comprised of on-site researchers, specialists and growers. Crop health and production is woven into the very fabric of our being, and you’ll see that passion and commitment in all the high-quality crop technologies we provide.
Kemin products are made by growers, for growers. Our Specialty Crop Improvement (SCI) program allows us to grow our own high-quality specialty crops for our plant-based ingredients. Our team has expertise in plant biology, breeding, propagation, pest management, agronomy, formulation and greenhouse production. We put all that knowledge into products we bring to market, tested on our own valuable crops.
Meet the Crop Technologies team
We Are Crop Technologies: An Innovative Team With a Startup Spirit
With our innovative crop technologies, our goal is to partner with you and bring you state-of-the-art horticulture solutions to benefit you and your customers, fulfill your needs and expectations and achieve mutually profitable results. We strive to do this through:
- Placing the needs of our customers first,
- Creating technology at the molecular level,
- Fostering continuous improvements in our people, processes and products.
We work with growers and farmers like yourself to help improve yields and save time and money. We can provide a range of innovative solutions, services and insights to help you achieve goals such as operational efficiency, a strong Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program and high levels of worker safety.
We Take Care of You
The range of commercial horticulture products we offer are designed to be safe, effective and easy to use. The advantages of working with Kemin include:
Advanced Crop Protection Solution
Biopesticide solution to kill and repel mites on your plants.
Unique Crop Health Solution
Soil amendment solution to treat the growing environment, not just the crops themselves.
Enhanced Greenhouse Cleaner
Algae stain removal solution to keep environments clean and workers safe so you can start your growing season off the right way.
Expert Tips
Insights for all growers from our team of expert growers.
We Have Competitive Product Development Advantages
As Kemin Crop Technologies continues to develop and refine innovative product solutions for commercial horticulture markets, we pull together areas of technical expertise from across Kemin.
- For plant science, we harness phytomolecular research and specialty crop breeding expertise from our SCI program’s years of experience as a successful specialty crop producer
- We leverage our scientists’ expertise in using molecular science to create innovative, application-based solutions to formulate efficacious products
- As we manufacture products for growers, we use the same well-established quality and safety processes we do to produce ingredients for the food, feed and health-related industries.
We Are Active Across the Industry
To stay at the top of growers’ minds, help advance the commercial agriculture and horticulture industry and learn the latest trends and challenges, we are actively involved in multiple organizations across the United States. Through association and committee memberships, sponsorships and trade shows presence, we feel part of the community of growers and industry members dedicated to promoting, protecting and preserving the industry:
ASSOCIATIONS
- CAPCA: Silver Sustaining Member of the California Association of Pest Controls Advisers
- HOP USA: Associate Member of The Hop Growers America Association
- FSGA: Bronze Associate Member of the Florida Strawberry Growers Association
- FFVA: Trade Associate Member of The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association
- NASGA: Associate member of the North America Strawberry Grower Association.
SPONSORSHIPS
- Bronze Sponsor for 63rd Annual 2019 American Hop Convention.
- Sponsor at the North Carolina Arboretum Integrated Pest Management Symposium, in 2018
- The 2017 Dr. Allan M. Armitage California Spring Trials (CAST) scholarship with Tyler Beasley, the recipient, a junior from Oregon State University’s Ecampus.
COMMITTEES
- Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA) through the BPIA and its regulatory committee, we have the opportunity to network with the leading biopesticide companies.
- Entomological Society Of America (ESA) — Emily Fuerst, Kemin Crop Technologies R&D Director, has been nominated by the Entomological Society of America (ESA) to be a representative to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ad hoc Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP). As a representative, she will be able to participate in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) SAP. Learn more about the ESA here: https://www.entsoc.org/.
- The Ir-4 Project - Inter-Regional Research Project #4— In 2018, Emily Fuerst, KCT R&D Director, participated in the 3-day IR-4 workshop for Food, Integrated Solutions, and Biopesticides in St. Louis, organized by the IR-4 Project (Inter-regional Research Project #4) to review and vote for the top research projects that will be conducted in 2019. Currently, three different projects with our biopesticides have started with various University researchers around the country. Learn more about the IR-4 Project here: https://www.ir4project.org/.
TRADE SHOWS AND EVENTS
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