Most consumers don’t realize, like humans the vegetables we eat are susceptible to bacterial and viral infections. Bacterial plant diseases can devastate your garden or a worse cases scenarios is a farmer who loses an entire field in a matter of a few days due to Bacterial Leaf Spot aka Pseudomonas syringae pv. aptata. However, […]
Developing new seed treatments is a lengthy process of identifying a product, trialing the results, and bringing the product to market. Trialing is the process by which products are tested, sorted, and used to determine their value to customers. The quality of sugarbeet field trials and the results are dependent on the use of correct […]
For growers producing organic baby leaf crops, organic seed disinfection helps prevent the spread of bacterial diseases which can spread rapidly causing devastating results. In addition, harvesting clean, organic, pathogen-free seed is another challenge for both seed producers and growers. Short of discarding the seed or accepting a decline in harvest quality, organic growers have […]
It is standard practice for many conventional vegetable growers in the United States and Canada to purchase and plant seeds that are treated with Thiram. Registered in the United States since 1948 for non-systemic use, Thiram is a dimethyldithiocarbamate compound used as a fungicide to prevent crop damage in the field and to protect harvested […]
Sugar Beet producers face many challenges, but one of the hardest challenges is getting a crop started properly. Seed treatments are a tool that a grower can use to overcome the challenges an emerging Sugar Beet crop faces. Germains Seed Technology provides many options for seed treatments to give the crop the best chance for […]
Recently Dale Krolikowski Head of Operations and Research at Germains Seed Technology participated in last week’s “Storm the Hill” national seed industry Fly-in in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA), “Storm the Hill” is a unique opportunity for seed-industry partners from every sector and every part of the nation to join […]
Germains Seed Technology began developing solutions to maximize the yield of sugar beet in the 1960s. Germains revolutionized how sugar beet is planted by introducing one of the first seed pellet technologies to the U.S. sugar beet industry. Today our Fargo location continues to process hundred of thousands of pounds of sugarbeet seeds with Xbeet® […]
For over a decade, Germains Seed Technology has been developing a number of organic seed treatments such as seed pelleting and priming. As consumer demand for organic vegetables continues to grow, so does grower demand for organic seed treatments and crop protection via biological methods. Germains’ Biological Seed Treatments | Approved for Export to Mexico […]
Founded in 1883, the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) is one of the oldest trade organizations in the United States. The American Seed Trade Association’s members consist of over 700 companies and organizations that represent seed distribution, production, breeding and other related industries in North America. ASTA 2016 Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference | Disneyland […]
Germains Seed Technology in excited to announce the appointment of Ernst van Eeghen to their North American Horticulture division in Gilroy, California in the role of Head of Sales & Marketing, Horticulture. Ernst van Eeghen Appointed Head of Sales & Marketing, Horticulture Ernst is a Marketing, Sales, Strategic Business Management and Product Development professional who […]
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