Bayer, AGI signed seed treater agreement

Ag Growth International Inc.(AGI) and Bayer CropScience Inc. have entered into an agreement for the development and distribution of a state of the art on-farm seed treater for the North American market. 

Bayer CropScience’s SeedGrowth proprietary technology for precision application of seed treatments in cereal and specialty crops combined with Ag Growth International’s expertise in grain handling equipment is a natural fit for an integrated innovation in seed treatment equipment. 

The new seed treater offers electronic controls, a metering conveyor and peristaltic metering pumps to ensure that the seed treatment is accurately applied. The seed treatment market continues to grow in North America and the seed treater was developed to fill a void in precision on farm seed treatment application equipment.

"We believe that future advances in crop production will come from seed development or from on the seed technologies,” explains Brent Collins, Director of Cereals Marketing for Bayer CropScience Inc. in Canada. “Working with AGI, the industry leader in portable grain handling equipment, will help us bring SeedGrowth technologies to growers and will enable them to accurately apply seed treatment and maximize their returns.”

The launch in Canada through a co-marketing agreement between Ag Growth International and Bayer CropScience Inc. is planned for 2013. Demonstration units will be available in the New Year and the commercial units will be available for sale in the fall of 2013 for the 2014 seed treatment season.

"We are excited to be partnering with Bayer CropScience on this new technology in seed treatment equipment. We look forward to product demonstrations this coming spring and a full product launch in the fall of 2013,” stated AGI President & CEO, Gary Anderson.