ILSoyAdvisor Blog

Soybean seeds experience their own form of hypothermia just like mammals do. Cold soils and cold water impact the seed more than you might think.

A technical seed biologist would write: “Soybean germination consists first of a very fast uptake of water (imbibitional phase) followed by a much slower uptake of water (osmotic phase). Chilling during the first phase can cause severe problems because the imbibed water is...

Seeing is believing. Treating soybean seed is a good investment in yield.

Billions of dollars are invested by many companies to bring the best seed treatment products to market. This year Burrus Seed expanded its seed treatment research using various treatment components, in research plots as well as on-farm trials. Keep in mind that many of the seed treatment components we evaluated...

Enroll in the 2017 Yield Challenge side-by-side comparison and test out a product that “immunizes” a plant to improve its ability to handle stress.

Plants have natural defense mechanisms that enable them to handle stress, but by the time these defenses kick in damage has already been done and yield has been compromised to some degree. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to “prime” the plant to withstand stresses before they occur? It would...