Purple, green, orange, yellow, red? No, these aren’t colours of M&Ms. These are some of the colours you’ll see on agriculture crop seeds that have been treated with the latest technologies to fight diseases and pests. Treating seed is nothing new. Farmers have been using different types of seed treatments dating clear back to 60 A.D. In this blog post, you’ll learn more about how farmers use them today and why. So, just what is Seed Treatment? Seed treating is the act of applying a product to a seed prior to planting. When seeds go into the ground, there are many diseases and pests just waiting to take advantage of those young seeds and seedlings for their own benefit. Farmers want to protect their investment so treating seed is one way to help prevent crop loss. There are a variety of treatments, but the main categories include fungicides, insecticides, and antimicrobial products. Fungicides are chemical compounds or organisms used to kill fungi or their spores. Typically
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