Becker Underwood

About Us › Our Roots

A global company started with just two men in Ames, Iowa - Jeff Becker and Roger Underwood. That was in 1982. Now the company is the world's leading supplier of non-pesticide specialty chemical and biological products to well-defined markets within the agriculture, landscape, turf and horticulture industries.

It's hard to deliver leading-edge products in agriculture without a formidable research budget. We have that. But we haven't forgotten that being agile and uncompromising to quality are the characteristics that built our company. Our entrepreneurial roots run deep. We're still into building businesses - first yours and then ours – because when our customers flourish, we succeed.