Showing Urban Students That Ag is More Than Tractors and Cows
What big-city urban high school students (and their parents) know about agriculture comes mostly from the news and social media,… Read More
6 days ago -Seed Treatment & Stewardship
Limited Seed Treatment Tools Increase Importance of Stewardship
The modern crop-chemical registration process limits the number of available seed treatment tools and makes stewardship of existing tools even… Read More
1 month ago -
How to Use Biological Seed Treatments to Help Manage Pest Resistance
Like death and taxes, pesticide resistance is inevitable. Sooner or later, pests will develop insensitivity or resistance to chemical pesticides…. Read More
2 months ago -
Do No Harm, Protect Your Seed’s Genetics
Seed varieties and hybrids that produce astounding yields have all their genetic yield potential the day they are sown. Growers… Read More
3 months ago -
Polymers: More than Just a Surface Dressing
Polymers come from a wide class of chemistries, from sugars and waxes to synthetics and oil. While they are designed… Read More
4 months ago -
Seed Coating Enhances Nitrogen Assimilation
Key to any growth enhancer applied as a seed treatment is that it impacts plant metabolism at a very basic… Read More
5 months ago -
Seed Treatments – More Than a Pretty Face
Seed treatments are more than simply insecticides and fungicides. They include sundry items like colorants, polymers, and biological enhancements and… Read More
6 months ago -
Working with Like-Minded People
In the global market, Nufarm has been an independent player in the seed treatment business for more than 40 years…. Read More
7 months ago -
Providing Products and Services with No Strings Attached
Have you ever left a car dealership feeling frustrated because the sales representative tried to sell you something that wasn’t… Read More
9 months ago -
Seed Treatments Help Manage Resistance
Managing for resistance is like changing the oil in your car; it requires regular maintenance. While you might not be… Read More
11 months ago -
Seed Treatments Boost Rooting Power
Just how early do soybean cyst nematode (SCN) begin to stunt root growth? It’s likely earlier than you think. As… Read More
12 months ago -
Raising the Bar on Seed Treatment Quality in Brazil
At Syngenta, we’ve been participating in the industrial seed treatment market in Brazil for about 10 years. We see a… Read More
1 year ago -
What Do Bakers and Seed Treatment Customization Specialists Have in Common?
Whereas 15 years ago only two or three fungicide and insecticide components were applied on seeds, today’s seed treatments might… Read More
1 year ago -
More Emphasis Needed on Seed Quality When it Comes to Treating Seed
To me, seed safety is an evaluation of the potential impact of a seed treatment on the physiological quality of… Read More
1 year ago -
Abiotic Stress Management: More Than Just Fairy Dust
In North America, abiotic stress management is not a subject that many people talk about, but abiotic stresses can have… Read More
1 year ago -
Resistance Management: Tracing its Evolution
Resistance management is a hot topic, and it’s something that’s evolved a lot over the years. Twenty years ago we… Read More
1 year ago -
Nematode Problem Has No Easy Solution
Nematodes are a serious issue for farmers, especially in the United States and Brazil. These invisible, microscopic creatures — also… Read More
2 years ago -
One Seed, One Plant
As the value of each seed increases, farmers look to get the most from it and protect that investment. This… Read More
2 years ago -
