Every successful harvest begins with high-quality seed. Selecting varieties with robust vigour scores and disease-free, high Thousand Grain Weight (TGW) samples is essential. Seed with high vitality establishes rapidly, enabling the crop to outcompete grass weeds and make efficient use of sunlight and accumulated heat units during the spring. As growers, we are prepared to invest more in top-grade seed, making it all the more important to protect this investment. Newton Seed Treatment offers a solution, with research showing it enhances seedling vigour, promotes emergence 4–5 days earlier, and consistently delivers higher yields compared to naked, untreated and seed treated with a single-purpose dressing.
The accelerated emergence provided by Newton Seed Treatment is especially beneficial when sowing early in the spring into cool, heavy soils. Those additional 4–5 days can be vital for overcoming slug pressure and preventing patchy stands. In the case of spring cereals, where the growing period is already shorter than that of winter crops, every day counts, and early crop vigour becomes a key trait. If you have selected your variety for its early strength, it is imperative to maximise your investment.
For regenerative farming systems and organic crops, Newton delivers the crop vigour required to grow away from pest and disease pressure, which can otherwise be challenging to manage. In these systems, crop vigour is even more critical to achieving success. Newton has been specifically developed with the needs of organic growers in mind and carries organic certification.
Even within conventional farming systems, the application threshold for plant protection products is often determined by whether the crop is growing away faster than it is being damaged, or if the number of emerged plants is low. Newton has demonstrated improvements in both these parameters, contributing to a robust Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy.
