A recent announcement from CSD that they are taking up the premier seed polymer and dye treatment from the Seedkare range doesn’t surprise Deltapine Australia at all.

“Deltapine developed the Seedkare range four years ago in conjunction with Sub-Sahara and Crompton (now known as Chemtura).” Says Mr Gourlay, QA manager for Deltapine. “We looked at several colorant treatments from numerous companies and after extensive trialling we selected the most superior product on the market.” As with all research conducted by Deltapine in Australia we looked at the various colorants in a wide range of situations to ensure we deliver a superior product to Australian growers.

The criteria that Deltapine used to select the Seedkare range were:

• Appearance
• Minimum dust
• Water absorption ability and
• Flow ability in today’s planters

“Actually, it is ironic that CSD are following Deltapine into the Seedkare range”, says Mr Gourlay “because it is due to an exclusivity deal with CSD’s existing suppliers of colorants that did not allow Deltapine access to their product.” Deltapine were forced to find an alternative. This actually led Deltapine Australia to select a better product than what was considered to be the industry standard.

“Who says you don’t need two Australian seed companies!”