Jan 28, 2015

Certis USA to distribute Kocide products

The copper fungicides Kocide 2000, Kocide 3000 and ManKocide are now available to U.S. growers exclusively from Certis USA. These Kocide products from DuPont were recently acquired by Kocide LLC, a newly established subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsui & Co. and a sister company to Certis USA.

Kocide fungicides will continue to be produced in the current production facility in Houston, and will be available to local dealers and growers from various Certis-established warehouses throughout the United States, including a new third-party warehouse relationship that has been established in Lima, Ohio, to service the Great Lakes region. Distributors, retailers and growers can expect to see high levels of service and support from Certis USA, as well as a renewed commitment to these popular disease-control products that have been key components in American crop production for more than 40 years, according to Certis.

“To produce specialty high-value crops today, growers require inputs that give them flexibility in selection and use,” said Certis USA’s Dennis Long, manager of the Kocide products. “That flexibility allows them to competitively produce, harvest and market their crops here or as exports. In the U.S., copper fungicides are the backbone of fungal and bacterial disease management programs. In our product offering, Certis USA has a low-load copper fungicide product, Cueva. Now with the addition of the two Kocide products and ManKocide, we have the optimum selection of copper fungicides.”