• Koppert Canada opens first production facility in Leamington, Ontario

  July 29, 2025

  Report Strengthening our presence in North America The opening marks a major step in expanding our production capabilities in North America. Leamington was [...] that Koppert Canada has officially opened its first local production facility in Leamington, Ontario . The new site is dedicated to the production of our trusted [...] trusted Natupol hives , supporting one of our most valuable partners in nature: Bombus impatiens , commonly known as the bumblebee. For over 30 years,

• Leading the way in sustainability: interview with Edwin Muijt

  July 2, 2024

  inclusive and forward-thinking. ‘People in all layers of the organization can contribute to our sustainability journey, both in highlighting and accelerating our [...] past five years. Under his guidance, Koppert has made significant strides in measuring the reduction of pesticide use—a core principle since its foundation [...] our scope and also pay attention to things that we might have lost sight of in the past,’ Muijt notes. By integrating these efforts into a comprehensive

• Effective Strategies to Control Thrips and Whitefly in Greenhouses

  May 29, 2024

  is crucial for successful treatment. In this article, we’ll provide insights into identifying whitefly and thrips in an early stage, emphasizing the importance [...] are typically folded along their backs when not in flight, making them difficult to see. They range in colour from light yellow to brown. Species include [...] shells. Before laying an egg, the female creates an opening in the plant tissue, depositing eggs in leaves, flower petals, and soft parts of stalks. Immediately

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  February 7, 2024

  excellent results in pepper crops for processing in Portugal, a country where this biological fungicide has been registered since 2018 in its two formulations [...] was carried out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one [...] the roots. It was in this way that we first learned about Trianum-P, a biological solution with which we have confirmed an increase in plant resistance

• Village Farms bee-lieves in doing good with IPM

  August 4, 2021

  Management is a method that has been used with great success in reducing the need for chemicals in agriculture while working to optimize plant health . Among [...] program was developed and implemented with great success in the greenhouse industry thanks in large part to the contribution of Village Farms. Village [...] work with the company's growers on its IPM program, implemented in all its greenhouses in North America. The program focuses on stringent protocols to determine

• Knowledge sharing with plant doctors in Africa and India

  August 3, 2021

  smallholder farmers in mind.’ The last training course offered to a number of Indian NGOs took place in Trichy, Southern India, last year. ‘In order to change [...] Plant Doctors attended the Plantwise courses held respectively in Eldoret and Nakuru in Kenya. During the two-day training sessions participants were [...] regulations that the Kenyan government has put in place to control the misuse of pesticides and other chemicals in terms of the environment, biodiversity, and

• Spidex Vital: a game changer in spider mite control

  July 26, 2021

  spider mite in numerous crops. We now have Spidex Vital . Koppert expects it to completely take over the position of the old Spidex product in the global [...] new diet. Due to the higher energy level in the predatory mite, there is no interruption to egg development in Phytoseiulus females and development also [...] change in colour from white to red can only provide certainty, of course, when the predatory mites have been newly released. All new generations in the crop

• Trianum-P improves open field pepper production in Portugal

  June 28, 2021

  excellent results in pepper crops for processing in Portugal, a country where this biological fungicide has been registered since 2018 in its two formulations [...] was carried out with the company Sociedade Agrícola Militão, in the town of Ribatejo, in a pepper crop for the processing industry. Pedro Militão is one [...] the roots. It was in this way that we first learned about Trianum-P, a biological solution with which we have confirmed an increase in plant resistance

• Rapid growth in Trianum-G use for outdoor crops

  June 8, 2021

  enjoyed a great deal of success in many outdoor vegetable crops. An increasing number of farmers and open-field vegetable growers in the Netherlands are using [...] still on the rise in arable farming and open-field cultivation. That's why it's good that the granulate version of Trianum-G is authorized in more and more [...] plant numbers and a uniform emergence in the seed stock for onion sets and spinach seeds. Potato and onion growers in Spain and Italy report good results

• Natutec Drive – ‘In a class of its own!’

  June 3, 2021

  Angelov, Glasshouse Manager – Dyson Farming, UK Half a year ago, Dyson Farming in the UK took the decision to acquire the Natutec Drive tool to disperse its [...] ‘When it comes to the even distribution of Koppert’s predatory insects , it’s in a class of its own. It also fits perfectly into our hi-tech, sustainable approach [...] it’s all about innovation.’ Dyson Farming is the biggest private landowner in the United Kingdom and grows a variety of crops. The family-owned agricultural