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NE Iowa | I don't have a seed tender but treated my own bean seed last year and plan to do it again. I posted the savings a while back but here it is again:
If you are a huge producer or want to get into custom seed treating then Direct Enterprises appears to sell a lot of seed treatments. Here is their soybean products:
http://go2dei.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/pre-blends.pdf
But the smallest quantity is a 55 gallon drum and that treats 3000-6000 units. Being a small scale producer that wasn't viable. So I went the route of applying ApronMaxx RTA with contains the two fungicides that are found in CruiserMax (Apron and Maxim).
CruiserMaxx label:
http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld7JC003.pdf
ApronMaxx label:
http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld3UL000.pdf
The insecticide found in CruiserMax isn't available separately so I used Imidacloprid which is the same insecticide which is found in Monsanto's Acceleron IX409:
Imidacloprid 4 ST label:
http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ldU4I002.pdf
Acceleron IX409 label:
http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld96F000.pdf
I used 2.5 oz. of ApronMaxx (highest labeled rate) per 140K unit of soybeans. I paid $93 per gallon for ApronMaxx RTA in 2.5 gallon jugs. So it cost $1.81/unit to treat.
I used 1.4 oz. of Imidacloprid 4ST (mid rate) per 140K unit of soybeans. I paid $85 per gallon for Imidacloprid 4ST in 1 gallon jugs. So it cost $0.93/unit to treat.
So I was able to apply the fungicides found in CruiserMax and the insecticide found in Acceleron for a total of $2.74/unit of soybean seed. I was getting quotes on seed for insecticide / treatment for about $13. So I saved $10/unit doing it myself. It was well worth the effort
Edited by 17821x 11/30/2015 05:00
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