Seed film coating, pelleting and encrusting

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Solutions for seed film coating, pelleting and encrusting

Our products can be used to coat, pellet and encrust seeds and will help reduce dust-off of key agrochemical and biological ingredients.

Seed coatings require minimal dust-off and good flowability and plantability of the coated seed. For an efficient sowing process using mechanical planting equipment, seeds need to be of uniform size and have sufficient weight and a smooth surface. To achieve this, seeds are film-coated, pelleted, or encrusted. This results in a larger seed surface, and the coating provides a means of including crop protection products, nutrients and biologicals.

Binding agents for pelleted and encrusted seeds

Borregaard offers lignin-based seed pelleting and encrusting agents. These sustainable products help increase seed size and promote seed protection, emergence and performance.

Our products help you incorporate desired materials on the seed surface. The use of these binding agents enable pelleted seeds of uniform size and shape. The result is better placement accuracy and seed emergence, leading to a uniform stand of plants. 

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Benefits offered:

  • Better coated seed quality

  • Less dust and good flowability

  • Sustainable, bio-based solution

 

Film forming agent for seed coating

Exilva® is an efficient, biodegradable stabiliser for solids, actives, pigments and nutrients in liquid coatings containing high solids content, high amounts of salts or multiple actives. It creates porous films and coatings, enabling early seed germination.

Exilva is a microfibrillated cellulose that enhances film forming in seed coatings. In the liquid coating, it provides anti-settling properties leading to homogeneous coated surfaces. The product can be used in developments to solve structuring or compatibility challenges, as well as in microplastics-free innovations.

Benefits offered:

  • Allows formulating with multiple actives in high ionic strength conditions and within a wide pH range

  • Reduces dust-off

  • Enhances early germination

AVAILABILITY AND PACKACING

Lignin-based biopolymers are usually available in the following packaging sizes:

  • 25 kg bags

  • 600 kg big bags

  • Some grades are also available in liquid form.

Products are available from local warehouses or can be shipped to most destinations worldwide.

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Product samples are available on request.

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