Seed Coating

By ensuring proper inoculation, Nitro-Coated® legumes are positioned to produces strong healthy plants full of protein for increased animal gains and forage performance.

When planting legumes for cover crops, usually the purpose is to gain some free nitrogen. Ensuring those legume seeds are properly inoculated is essential. Dr. Bouton explains why Nitro-Coat® is the ideal way to do this.

Nitro-Coat® offers a high number of rhizobium next to the seed to maximize proper inoculation. With proper inoculation, legumes can achieve their maximum yield and potential to capture nitrogen.

Dr. Bouton explains why inoculation is all the more important when using improved legumes so as to obtain the maximum potential return.

When using coated seed, does a farmer need to change the seeding rate? Dr. Bouton explains why the answer is usually no.

Dr. Bouton addresses the question of potential problems with using pre-inoculated seed.

Is it better to inoculate seed manually or buy it pre-inoculated and coated? Dr. Bouton compares the two choices.

Dr. Bouton helps us see that farmers have valued the need for inoculating seed even before they understood the process.

Dr. Bouton answers the fundamental question and explains the opportunity cost of not inoculating compared to the potential gains when legumes are properly inoculated.

Inoculation is fundamentally a numbers game and one rhizobium per seed is definitely too low of a number! Dr. Bouton describes the underground battle that face rhizobium.

Dr. Bouton explains the nodulation process in simple to understand terms.

Learn the basics of rhizobium, how they are formed and their benefit to legumes.