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The UNICOAT™ and AQUACOAT™ proprietary polymer systems have been used to coat multiple millions of pounds of seed, both as filmcoating and seed pelleting applications.

UNICOAT™ polymers are made in high concentration form and are sold as a 3:1 mixture formulation, meaning that one gallon of polymer is mixed with 3 gallons of water to make 4 gallons of usable solution. This allows us to ship the customer more workable gallons of solution per truck load, making your cost per gallon, including freight lower. UNICOAT polymers are available in many color offerings as well as our newly trademarked “NUDE™” color, giving the coating material product a natural seed appearance.

UC Systems also has the capability of custom blending colorants for specialized customer requirements. Custom blending can be done on bulk order amounts of 250 gallons or more.

	Figure 1 UNICOAT (left); Competitor (right) The slide in Figure 1 compares coatings of UNICOAT (left) and competitors coating (right). UNICOAT provides a smooth, even, coat significantly reducing “dusting off”. The competitors loss (dust-off) appears to be nearly 30% of the coating.

	Figure 2 UNICOAT (left); Lime/polymer (right) The slide in Figure 2 compares UNICOAT with lime/polymer coating after wetting. UNICOAT has significant coat coverage, and will stay on the seed where it is needed, and not in the bag as waste.

In answer to today’s water conscious environment, UC Systems has developed AQUACOAT™. This seed coating polymer system has a highly absorptive material incorporated within the polymer matrix. This material is capable of holding 400-600 times its weight in water. The absorbent material in AQUACOAT is capable of rehydrating many times allowing the seed to make the most use of each water application event. Unlike the competition, AQUACOAT’s absorptive materials are incorporated within every coated seed during the coating process. The competitor’s materials are added during the coating process as a powder, where distribution is poor at best, giving normally no more than 60% seed coverage. Much of that 60% will fall off after application and during planting and not be available to the seedling during germination. With AQUACOAT you can be sure that what you applied is fully part of each and every coated seed, EVERY TIME!

Figure 3
AQUACOAT

The Figure 3 slide of AQUACOAT is taken 18 hours after the seed wetting process.

The super-absorbency of this polymer allows the seedling to survive for much longer periods between water application events.

AQUACOAT as shown in Figure 3 is a unique polymer that is completely nontoxic and odorless. As water comes into contact with AQUACOAT, the water-insoluble matrix expands, encapsulating the seed within a moisture rich environment.