Outstanding in Your Field

Cold, Wet Soils? How Seed Treatments Buy You Time This Spring

Episode Summary

Planting into less-than-ideal conditions is part of the game, but today’s seed treatments are changing how much risk farmers have to take.

Episode Notes

Planting into less-than-ideal conditions is part of the game, but today’s seed treatments are changing how much risk farmers have to take.

In this episode of Outstanding in Your Field, Brad Van Kooten talks about how modern seed treatments extend the “life” of seed in the soil, improve emergence, and protect against early-season stress.

Listen for:

• How seed treatments help seed survive longer before emergence
• Why stand consistency starts below ground
• What’s changed in seed protection over the last 20 years
• How to avoid common plantability issues (like condensation + flowability)
• Where seed treatment innovation is headed next