These bags of Pioneer soybean seeds in the warehouse at Asmus Farm Supply can be treated by the company before being delivered to the grower’s fields.
Asmus Farm Supply utilizes a KSi Conveyor system in its seed treatment operation.
Asmus Farm Supply employs a Gustafson seed treater from Bayer at its facility.
Untreated soybean seed at Heartland Coop prepares to enter the seed treater.
Soybean seed being treated at Heartland Coop.
After the soybean seeds are treated, workers at Heartland Coop bag it for delivery to the grower-customers.
Throughout our annual travels around the country, CropLife magazine’s editors have often come across ag retailers performing seed treatment for their grower-customers. Recently, we had the opportunity to visit two such operations in Iowa — Asmus Farm Supply in Rake and Heartland Cooperative in Dallas Center — and in the slideshow above we show how each handles seed treatment.