I founded Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. in 2007, but my deep appreciation for agriculture started as a child on my grandfather’s farm in South Africa. My idyllic memories of the wholesome and tasty food my family grew and the work they did inspired me to use my corporate background to start Kannar. I wanted a company and team that made easy-to-use, regenerative products to promote profits, performance, and the planet on a large-scale.  

A first impression matters, so we invested in years of research before we launched our first polymers and colorants. Careful consideration of our customers’ needs helped us build novel seed coating technologies that meaningfully addressed their challenges. Seed treaters loved the uniformity and performance of our coatings that helped sell their seeds to growers who saw measurable improvements in their crops’ establishment. 

With our solid base of success, we expanded our R&D efforts to build a portfolio of innovative nature-based technologies and products that support ideal agriculture. We now proudly offer:  

In 2021, Seed World Magazine recognized our biostimulant KAN™-7 as a “TOP 10 INNOVATIVE SEED PRODUCT” and we moved forward with our discovery and patent for a single strain, broad spectrum bionematicide.  Today, this technology is licensed to a multi-national crop protection company. We also confirmed the viability of Koasis™ for water absorption and release to help establish and grow plants in limited water conditions. 

Our team has grown from just me to over a dozen scientists and business professionals, some with farms of their own. We outgrew the makeshift garage and basement locations from our first days. We now proudly operate out of our 60,000 square foot facility in Lawrenceville, Georgia that features our offices, our labs, and our production equipment. 

Our technologies are applied on more than 65 million pounds of peanut seeds and more than a quarter million acres of cotton fields. With the flexibility to work on both specialty crops and large-scale row crops, we anticipate entry into new crop markets. We support our seed treatments by offering equipment as a company that knows exactly what works.  

Our business grows and our seed treatment buyers return because our products have a history of working as we say they will and full support for any unexpected challenges. From our first days, we’ve run a business that resists the short-term thinking and the temptation to over promise and under deliver. If you haven’t been part of our past, I hope that you will be part of our future and join us on our mission to support exemplary agriculture. We prove every day that healthy profits and a healthy planet can go together.