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NW IA | So I picked up my soybean seed beans and the tag says 85% germ. We normally plant 140k but as we were getting loaded the salesman comes out and says their independant test came back at 74%. So he wanted me to bump population up to 155k to compensate. Said they took another sample to confirm but told me "it should be fine". I asked how long till second sample comes back and says a week to 10 days, just go ahead and plant. We go plant the beans and last week salesman comes out to do a stand count and only comes up with 82-87k. Now we have a mess. What did come up is "Uniform" with no big gaps, but basically got a 53% germ. What I'm curious about is do these seed companies have to certify their germ? Is there a standard they have to meet by a a seed organisation/regulator? Right now they basically said we'll give you half your seed for free but in my eyes that doesn't seem like enough? I bought and paid for what I thought was 85% germ beans and got 53%. ISU extension has ruled it to be the seed germ and seed company agrees from scouting. So no blame on chemicals/crusting/planter. Everyone agrees its a germ issue. What is a fair compemsation? Seed company says can get me more seed to try and thicken up population, but being so dry I don't know when they'll germinate and don't mismatched beans. Maybe I'm over thinking the replanting? | |
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Soybean seed Germ
