Company
Defeder is the Company dedicated to the manufacture of natural fertilizers 100% and organic for organic farming and livestock farming from organic raw materials.
Defeder is a family business created in 2008 by the brothers Joaquín and Raúl Saila, committed to the environment and betting on the circular economy.
Responsibility and quality define the founders, with continuous growth in the national and international market.
Our goal is to standardize natural and organic worldwide. We want to become the leading company in natural and eco-viable 100% fertilizers made from quality raw materials. Defeder wants to be the company most committed to the environment, for this, we have a wide variety of solid organic fertilizers with NPK that are adjusted to the needs of each type of soil and crop.
We want to end the problem of punished lands to achieve sustainable agriculture, which allows professionals to dedicate themselves to the field.
We firmly believe in the power of organic farming in Spain and beyond our borders.
In addition, we use organic and natural raw materials carefully selected suitable for the production of products for animal and pet food. Organic animal remains with high nutrient compositions that make our raw materials have high levels of proteins, fats, vitamins, always taking care of the highest quality. We promote Animal Nutrition.
Defeder is Smart Nutrition
Purpose
To be the leading company in organic fertilizer for regenerative agriculture, offering innovative, high-quality products with a consistent commitment to quality, excellence, technology, and a global presence. To lead the organic fertilizer segment in regenerative agriculture through the sustainable development of innovative, high-quality products, improving the soil and offering exceptional value in animal and plant nutrition. Highlighting the quality, excellence, technology, and essence of its products, processes, people, and services, ensuring a global presence.
Vision
To lead the international evolution of innovative organic solutions toward a healthier and more sustainable future.
Healthy fields.
Happy plants.
Values
Own technology
Zero waste
Responsibility
High quality
Team and Talent
Sustainability
Global proximity
Innovation
Circular Economy
History
The origin of Defeder dates back to 2008 when Raúl and Joaquín Saila had an idea, an initiative.
In their daily work as high school teachers, they were curious about the business world. They started out in a light-hearted way by distributing organic fertilizers from raw materials from farms in small quantities, which was relatively easy since they were in an agricultural and livestock area. They saw the opportunity, they found the key, they managed to make products that accelerate the growth of crops, they had pleasant and unpleasant surprises. And little by little they realized that there was a great opportunity and considered leaving their beloved profession as teachers and betting everything on natural 100% fertilizers.
So they embarked on Defeder, a new world of natural fertilizers to discover, to champion, to evangelize; but they were very clear about their purpose, that of ending the problem of damaged lands and having a network of organic products. They had to create something different from what was on the market and that would serve both organic and traditional agriculture.
They realized that companies were following a linear economy strategy. Raw materials that were wasted could have a second life. Therefore, they began to collect this organic waste and work on it to obtain products with ideal levels of micronutrients that could be adapted to all types of fields and crops. The fundamental purpose above all was that Defeder has always followed a strategy of circular economy.
Above all, it was about finding product quality above all and a decision to achieve it, which required effort and perseverance. For this reason, when coming up with the name of the company, they thought about combining the surnames of two athletes that they admire the most, and who have values that Joaquín and Raúl consider non-negotiable: Roger Federer quality and the effort of Gervasio Deferr, that is, the union of those two great names, Defeder, in turn, added Alcolea, the town where Alcolea de Cinca is from, in Huesca in honour of his family.
In January 2022, Henko Partners completed its third investment by investing in the Huesca-based company Defeder. The goal was to strengthen the company's solid foundation to take advantage of multiple opportunities for future growth.
Three years later, Henko Partners has hired a new CEO, Pablo Montañés, who has worked this year to evolve the company, based on the pillars of fertilization and advanced biostimulation.
The new management team was completed in April 2025.
Thus, Defeder has today become a company specializing in the sustainable development of innovative organic products and bio-solutions for high-quality, regenerative agriculture.
Defeder's goal has always been, and continues to be, product quality and continuous innovation.
Under its concept of intelligent nutrition, it offers innovative products for plant and animal nutrition with high quality.
Defeder Group aims to lead the international evolution of organic biosolutions toward a healthier and more sustainable future.
Defeder is constantly growing its materials, marketing and business volumes at very strong growth rates, thanks among other things to the acquisition of companies such as Oscafos, Calcisol and Samagro; with which it has expanded its product catalog by adding conventional fertilizers, biostimulants, calcium amendments, specialty products, and organo-mineral fertilizers to its already wide range of products, while also consolidating its distribution.
Quality
We offer the highest quality in our 100% natural fertilizers. In the quality analysis of a natural fertilizer, in addition to its intrinsic properties, issues relating to production, processing and marketing must also be assessed.
In Defeder, we carry out an exhaustive quality control in the production processes of our fertilizers thanks to our state-of-the-art technology, directed by our great team of chemists and biologists who supervise all our processes. Thus, as in the choice of all the raw materials involved in said production. In this way, we guarantee our clients the highest quality and efficiency of our products to meet your needs.
Fulfilling commitments
We guarantee a healthy life and promote the well-being of our workers.
We guarantee the sustainable management and sanitation of our waters.
We promote the
sustainable and inclusive economic growth.
We encourage innovation and promote sustainable industrialization.
We are committed to reducing inequalities.
Our goal is to make cities inclusive, safe and sustainable.
We take action to combat climate change.
We guarantee sustainable consumption and production modalities.
We fight against desertification and the loss of biodiversity.
Internationalization
At Defeder we export fertilizers to more than 25 countries distributed in 3 continents and thanks to this international expansion, in 2021 we received the Empresa Huesca Award for Internationalization and the Pyme Santander award also for Internationalization.
From the outset, Defeder focused on being present in international markets, meeting their needs and adapting its products to markets other than Spain. We recognized that regenerative agriculture was highly developed in certain countries and that Spain had a significant market for usable waste for this market, which was more developed abroad.
We want to be leaders in Spain to promote the Defeder brand in Spain and other international markets.
One of our goals for 2026 is to bring the Defeder brand to Latin American and Asian markets.
In addition, we are developing cooperation projects with other countries.
Awards and honours
Associations
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