Why do we inoculate?

Although many extension publications are freely available that outline in a stepwise fashion how to inoculate legume seed, there were many stand failures in the past due to such things as farmers using the wrong Rhizobium (example: soybean type for alfalfa) or skipping one of the important steps (for example: not using an adhesive to get good seed contact). Many farmers also simply did not inoculate because they forgot why they needed to inoculate in the first place – it’s to deliver effective Rhizobium to the germinating seed! The movement in the modern seed industry toward pre-inoculated, coated seed was therefore inevitable due to these on-farm failures. It simply delivered the best stand possible. The Nitro-Coat® process delivers the right Rhizobium to each and every seed.