Seeds (Seed coatings)
Try our minerals additives to improve seed homogeneity, integrity and seeding production.
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Mineral coatings for improved seed performance
Seeds are coated for ease of handling, singulation, precision placement and the incorporation of beneficial chemicals or microbials. Coated seeds are accepted widely as a standard product for many crops.
Our minerals improve seed homogeneity, integrity and seeding production. They are used in seed encrusting and pelleting to improve:
- Colour
- Lubrication
- Increase seed size/weight
- Addition of pesticides/inoculants
- Improve seed placement and germination rate = “stand establishment”
- Vegetables, “forage”, cotton, tobacco, sugar beet
- Minerals used as pigments, pigment extenders, resin extenders
Our minerals can also be used in film coating or seed enhancement, to improve:
- Colour – all genetically modified seeds need to be coloured for identification
- Lubrication
- Addition of pesticides/inoculants
- Minerals used as pigments, pigment extenders, resin extenders