Agro
Our Agro segment combines Tessenderlo Group’s activities in the production, sales and marketing of crop nutrients and crop protection products. We have multiple business units within this segment: Tessenderlo Kerley, Tiger-Sul, and Violleau.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Crop Nutrition
Tessenderlo Kerley is dedicated to supplying value-added plant nutrition to support efficient and sustainable agriculture. Tessenderlo Kerley leverages over 100 years of expertise in solid and soluble potassium-based fertilizers and 70 years in liquid sulfur-based fertilizers. Our global team of agronomists and commercial advisers, characterized by a dense local network and strong customer focus, provides farmers with precise tools to optimize their crops. Our diverse portfolio includes well-recognized specialty fertilizers such as SoluPotasse®, Thio-Sul®, KTS®, CaTs®, K-Row 23®, N-Sure®, GranuPotasse®.
Our commitment to innovation, product development, and support ensures that our products, experts, and advisers contribute to better crop yields, enhanced farmer control, and a healthier planet. “Nurturing Crop Life” signifies our passion for delivering vital elements for optimal plant and soil health. Our Innovation and Learning Center in Dinuba, California, performs key research on crop nutrition and develops and tests products to promote optimal plant health. These initiatives provide invaluable insights and resources to growers, emphasizing our dedication to sustainable agricultural practices and reducing environmental impact through science-based management plans.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Crop Protection
Tessenderlo Kerley delivers a portfolio of organic and non-organic niche crop protection products to agriculture customers worldwide. Focusing on specialty crops, Tessenderlo Kerley addresses growers’ concerns regarding pests, weeds, diseases, and solar damage, which can diminish crop yields and impact food supply. By utilizing science-based crop protection products that are proven to overcome these challenges, growers can boost their crop yields and quality. Our experienced global team is positioned to provide stewardship to growers with guidance and product knowledge specific to their locations. Our knowledge of heat stress protection, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and soil amendments enables the global agriculture community to make available farmland more effective.
Tiger-Sul
Tiger-Sul is a leader in sulfur bentonite and micronutrient-enhanced sulfur fertilizers, dedicated to boosting crop performance and supporting higher yields. Our innovative products are uniquely designed to degrade, disperse, and convert to plant-available sulfur throughout the growing season, ensuring optimal nutrient availability for crops.
Our popular products, including Tiger 90CR and Tiger XP, are widely distributed across the US and Canada. Additionally, our international reach extends to 12 countries, including Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Uruguay.
Tiger-Sul is committed to delivering high-quality, effective fertilizers that enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability.
Violleau
Violleau specializes in the production of organic soil improvers and fertilizers formulated on the basis of animal and plant materials and in biocontrol products for agriculture. We not only offer products but also advisory services to optimize the choice of formulas, their application, the yields, and the quality of our customers’ productions. Our fertilizing products, which mainly come in the form of pellets, are applicable to organic and conventional productions for applications in market gardening, vineyards, arboriculture, field crops, and green spaces.
Their quality is controlled at the level of raw materials, finished products, and the supply chain. Our expertise covers all the flows in Europe, from upstream to downstream: the selection and collection of materials, the elaboration of composts and pellets in France, and the transport and delivery to our customers. In addition to the existing fertilizer activities, in 2022, we integrated the marketing of the biocontrol products, Surround® and Purshade®, confirming our ambition to further grow in the organic farming market.