The 2022 growing season is just around the corner! With strong crop prices and the majority of growers feeling confident about the level of moisture in the fields – PreCede seed nutrient dressings are a powerful, yet relatively economical tool that will get your crop off to a great start. Regardless of the crop – wheat, peas, soybeans or canola – an application of PreCede will enable your crop to deliver its genetic potential.
Can a seed nutrition dressing replace a seed treatment?
Simply put – NO. Seed nutrient dressings, such as PreCede, are not designed as a replacement for seed fungicide treatments but rather to complement them. When combined they have a great synergistic effect.
For a list of all the seed treatments PreCede is compatible with CLICK HERE.
Although crop protection seed treatments and PreCede can be used alone the best approach is to utilize these tools in tandem. Each of these tools have a very different role in driving the yield of the crop.
Crop Protection Seed Treatments:
These products are part of your insurance policy, protecting vulnerable crops from seed and soil borne diseases and pests.
PreCede Seed Nutrient Dressing:
The main benefit of a nutrient dressing is to balance the nutrients in the seed during the 1-2 leaf growth stage to ensure that the plant can maximize its early photosynthetic efficiency and achieve its genetic potential.
Seed nutrition improves plant health to overcome the spring environmental stress in three key ways:
- Cold start the crop – Help the crop deal with the environmental stress of cold soils.
- Drive early season vigor – Restore the nutrient balance of the seed to maximize early season vigor.
- Increase root surface area – Improve acquisition of moisture and nutrients from the soil.
Data collected from 90 replicated trials between 2011 and 2021 show a consistent increase in yield in Canola, Wheat, Peas and Soybeans. PreCede can be expected to provide a yield increase of around 1-4 bu/ac.
For more information on PreCede, contact your local representative.