1926

Where It All Began

In 1926, Bonide is established by brothers George and James Wurz with only 2 products and 4 employees in an office located on the top floor of the Wurz Hotel Utica, NY.

1930’s

The Product Line Expands

The 30’s saw rapid product line expansion from mainly poultry and livestock preparations to a full assortment of consumer home and garden pest control products sold primarily through feed stores and hardware stores.

1940’s

A New Generation of Gardeners

WWII dominated this decade. Rationing and shortages were the order of the day. Victory Gardens, and "grow your own" was more a necessity than a trend. Nearly 20 million Americans planted gardens, producing 40% of the nation's fresh produce, and laying the ground work for future decades of avid gardeners. Bonide innovations included a squeeze duster that for the first time allowed users to apply directly from the retail container without a mess.

1950’s

Building a Full Product Line

The Bonide product line evolves into a complete line of insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and animal repellents, livestock sprays, and rodenticides. Innovations included all-purpose combination formulations of premixed insect, disease and mite controls with spreader/sticker and adjuvants.

1960’s

Multi-Purpose Products Take Root

Bonide continues development of economical multi-purpose combination products like evergreen & floral spray. Flower-Vegetable 4 in 1, Rose Dust, Tomato-Potato Dust, Cuke & Melon dust and Vegetable and Fruit Tree Spray are all added to the ever-growing product line.

1970’s

Growing with Garden Retail

A busy decade! Garden centers come into prominence. The American Association of Nurserymen and The Garden Centers of America Association merge. Popular programs and products included the Dealer Name Program, House Plant Care Center Program, Innovative single dose concentrates. and new biological controls like Thuricide and Dipel.

1980’s

Bonide Meets Big Box Stores

Discount stores lose ground to category killers. Club and box stores enjoy rapid growth and rise to dominance, sowing the seeds for the challenges of channel conflict.

1990’s

A New Name, New Growth

The Bonide company changes its name from Bonide Chemical to Bonide Products as its product line continues to expand with products like All Seasons Horticultural Oil, Shot Gun Animal Repellents and the introduction of the entire family of EIGHT insect controls.

2000’s

The Millennium Decade

"The Millennium" Decade started with a move into our current Oriskany, NY office, manufacturing and warehousing facility, with an additional major expansion coming just 5 years later. Introduced custom designed SD & SL bottles, Zip-N-Stack cartons, both further enhance continued merchandising improvements.

2010’s

Growth Through Expansion

In combination with "Bonified Dealer" Programs, Bonide undertakes a major line expansion with the addition of the "LAWNS" category of grass seed and turf care products, along with innovative "Pallet Bridge" merchandisers. Bonide purchases the REVENGE brand in 2012, and immediately expands into new catagories such as ant, horse, barn, stable, and animal health.

TODAY

BONIDE is now a member of the ADAMA Group under the Syngenta Global organization. This new ownership (since 2019) gives our family business a global footprint and enormous global resources to allow BONIDE to continue to serve gardeners with premium pest control products for generations to come.