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WC IA | If you're going to do it, get good equipment. The calibration from the early treaters that you can buy used for a few grand is impossible to get right. You are as well off with a cement mixer or a bucket with a canoe oar.
Expect to pay around $40K for a good treater that sits idle and takes up space most of the time.
I've seen some new, on-farm, treaters that hook to a tender, but haven't seen one in action. I'm dubious about them because one of the main problems in seed treatment is drying time to prevent "bridging" and sticking.
There's another that hangs on a wall in the shop. Maybe better but haven't seen one in action to see what problems come into play.
Warden from Winfield is essentially Cruiser - not sure on the price. You can get Trio Advanced with Imidacloprid from Farmers Business Network for under $3 per treated unit, but you have to buy about $50,000 worth of product to get it - enough to do about 17,000 units or so.
It surely can be done and a number of farmers are doing it, but it's not without its pitfalls. You screw up a batch and you get to eat it. That's no fun and an expensive dinner.
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treating soybeans?
