With each harvest, producers need to be more efficient in their processes to ensure increased profitability at the end of the production cycle. For this to happen, you need to plan well in advance. One of the important pieces when choosing inputs are seeds. Their quality is the basis for successful pasture formation, as well as other crops.
This quality results from the sum of genetic, physical, physiological and sanitary attributes that affect the ability to produce high-yielding plants, which directly reflects the uniformity of the plant population, absence of pests and diseases transmitted by the seed.
One way to improve the physical attributes of the seed, protecting it from pests and diseases, is using the industrial seed treatment (ITS) technique, which ensures plant population and uniformity. Requirements that guarantee a good implementation of the crop, with rapid soil coverage, causing less weed infestation in the area, reducing erosion and allowing the use of pasture in a shorter period of time.
According to Soesp seed technician, Andreza Cruz, there are numerous advantages of using industrial seed treatment technology. “We can highlight the possibility of reducing the amount of chemical applied per hectare, as it will be applied directly to the seed, avoiding losses and increasing its efficiency and, in addition, it is a more selective process (does not affect natural enemies) with the great difference lower costs,” he says.
The great demand in the market for quality forage seeds in Brazil reinforces the importance of controlling pests and diseases. In the storage phase alone, average losses in Brazil can currently exceed 20%. Not to mention that the damage caused by various pasture pests can be considered one of the main productivity bottlenecks in many regions.
A frequent example of damage caused by pests to forage crops is ants, which can reduce plant stands by up to 80%, especially when the forage crop is sown close to or intercropped with eucalyptus. “On the other hand, seeds treated with insecticide can significantly reduce the number of attacked plants, when compared to those that did not receive treatment, which highlights the importance and safety that the treatment of forage seeds can provide to the producer when implementing the crop” , highlights the expert.
A solution available by Soesp is the Soesp Advanced technology, which provides greater security to producers, both in seed storage and in the implementation of pasture. Among its benefits is purity and vigor.
Furthermore, they are uniform seeds, a characteristic that makes them adaptable to different planters. “With greater precision and yield in planting resulting from uniformity and treatment, it contains insecticide and fungicide reducing attacks by fungi, ants and birds, therefore more seeds in the soil. Furthermore, costs per hectare are lower, as there is a gain in machine hours, freight and labor”, says Andreza.
Planting failure is a problem that directly compromises the productivity of a crop. This occurs mainly due to “embuchamento”, that is, blocking the flow of seeds that are trapped in the holes where they should come out in the planters.
Impure seeds in their composition may contain soil, straw, toothpicks, clods and various other products. With the Advanced seed, the producer will have the possibility of uniformity, high purity, in addition to the product containing graphite that helps the seed to flow. “It flows better because it doesn’t have adhesion, so it doesn’t clog or jam in any machine on the market, without breaking its treatment, arriving intact and protected on the ground.”, concludes the Soesp specialist.
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