Seed Treatment & Stewardship

Is There Any Way to Deal with Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybeans?

Sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans is a tough critter to control. Getting a handle on this disease takes a… Read More

1 month ago - Tom Kroll

Choose the Right Growth Enhancer for Maximum ROI

There is an onslaught of growth enhancement products on the market today that would make any product manager’s head explode…. Read More

2 months ago - Bill Diemer

Registered Premixes Simplify Customized Seed Treatment

One challenge of distributing seed-applied pesticides is having a strategy to deliver products that meet the market’s desire for customized,… Read More

3 months ago - Tim Birkel

You Don’t Need Flood Insurance If You Live on a Hill

Deciding whether or not to apply seed treatment to cover crop seed is no different from deciding to treat any… Read More

4 months ago - Tom Kroll

Managing Dual-purpose Wheat: A Crop Planted “Out of Season”

Cattle ranchers in the Texas-Oklahoma region intentionally set themselves up for a management challenge when they plant dual-purpose wheat for… Read More

5 months ago - Eric Patton

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 months ago - Kelly Miller

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

7 months ago - Nathan Ehresman

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

8 months ago - Bill Diemer

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

9 months ago - Roger Rotariu

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

10 months ago - Jeff Weber

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

11 months ago - Tom Kroll

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

12 months ago - Tom Kroll