17821x - 11/29/2015 15:04

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 SC 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 4SC (mid rate) per 140K unit of soybeans. I paid $85 per gallon for Imidacloprid 4SC 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