By Joe Kertzman, managing editor, Badger Common’Tater
Founded in 1969, AMVAC Chemical Corporation grown from a regional contract manufacturer of agricultural chemicals to developing, manufacturing and marketing products for agricultural use.
Today, AMVAC owns and operates six manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico. Headquartered in the U.S., the company is a solutions provider for global agriculture committed to technology, innovation, and sustainability.
The company focuses on four innovation platforms: proven chemistries, precision agriculture, GreenSolutions, and sustainability solutions for plant and soil health.
AMVAC is especially renowned for soil fumigants and corn insecticides and has most recently had a key focus on biologicals.
Crop protection products include K-PAM® HL™ and VAPAM® HL™ soil fumigants; BLOCKER® fungicide; Mocap® nematicide; AZTEC® insecticide; and SmartBlock® plant growth regulator, among a host of other inputs and applications.
AMVAC expanded its presence into the biological products markets, currently under its umbrella brand GreenSolutions. Biological sales now comprise approximately 10% of total AMVAC sales, and all AMVAC operating businesses have dedicated resources targeting the sales of biological products.
Ralph Frederick, currently a Metam specialist based in Duluth, Minnesota, has been with AMVAC for 28 years and is known to many Wisconsin potato and vegetable growers and industry professionals.
