Answers are from the Indiana certified crop adviser panel: Betsy Bower, Keystone Cooperative, Lafayette; Jeff Nagel, Keystone Cooperative, Lafayette; and Marty Park, Gutwein Seed Service, Rensselaer.
We order our soybean seed untreated and then have it custom treated. I must cut out expense. What is the No. 1 product or type of product I should apply? Conversely, my neighbor’s company only sells him treated seed. However, he can have sudden death syndrome protection added for about $10 per unit. Is it worth it?
Bower: The No. 1 seed treatment you should apply is a mixed mode of action set of fungicides that helps control seedling diseases after planting. We are planting soybeans earlier and earlier, and they may sit in the field several days to weeks before emergence…