Red Seeds & ROI: The Math Behind the Myth
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To the naked eye, all treated soybean seeds may look the same — but it’s what’s inside that makes all the difference, for both your beans and your bottom line.
Let’s crunch the numbers to see how a high-quality seed treatment formulation like CruiserMaxx® APX can help boost your ROI up to 18x1,2!
Paying a bit more per acre on top-quality inputs like Syngenta seed treatments may sound counterintuitive in tight markets; but when you do the math, the benefits (and the extra bushels!) far outweigh the upfront costs.
HERE'S WHY:
- Soybeans treated with CruiserMaxx APX have a lower replant risk, which means MORE plants emerge. When more plants emerge, you get the most value out of your seed investment.
- Thanks to the powerful patented mixtures including picarbutrazox (PCBX), CruiserMaxx APX offers stronger early-season protection for vulnerable seeds and seedlings, preventing damaging diseases like Pythium and Phytophthora from cutting into your soybean stands.
This means:
better, more uniform emergence
higher plant populations
stronger plant stands and larger root mass
Assumptions: 155K planting population. Seed + seed-treatment costs reflect market averages.
Say you spend (per unit/acre1)
- $72 with CruiserMaxx APX
- $70 with competitor Acceleron® Standard F/I
- CruiserMaxx APX: $72 ÷ 155,000 = $0.0004645
- Acceleron: $70 ÷ 155,000 = $0.0004516
- CruiserMaxx APX: $0.0004645 × 149,846 = $69.61/acre
- Acceleron: $0.0004516 × 125,453 = $56.66/acre
The calculations depicted herein are hypothetical in nature using estimated numbers and are for illustrative purposes only. Actual results will vary. Calculations are not a guarantee of similar results.
This means:
more plant vigor
bigger, more efficient growth
faster canopy (less weed competition)
- CruiserMaxx APX offers a 2- to 5-bushel yield advantage over competitive seed treatment brands.
- Early-season disease can start sucking yield potential from your soybeans from day one. Powerful protection from soilborne and seedborne disease results in healthier, more robust root systems. Better roots mean better growth — and better yields!
healthier, more efficient roots
bigger plants for better pod fill
more bushels in the bin
Say the price of soybeans is: $12/bushel X 2-bushel advantage with CruiserMaxx APX
= +$24/acre ROI advantage, and that’s on the low end!
Say we go for the high end: $12/bushel X 5-bushel advantage with CruiserMaxx APX
= +$60/acre ROI advantage!
More plants + Faster Canopy
+$12.95/acre
+ 2-bushel bump
+$24/acre
= an estimated +$36.95/acre ROI advantage1,2, and that’s against competitor treatments — NOT untreated seed! In this example hyopthetical situation, by choosing a premium seed treatment like CruiserMaxx APX, you’d only spend about $2 more per acre — and get $36.95 back. That’s a ~18X1,2 return on investment!
Not all seed treatments are created equal — and the proof is in the profitability. For premium protection that truly pays off at harvest, choose a high-quality Syngenta brand like CruiserMaxx APX.
Sources
1Syngenta Trials in Dixon, IL; 2021.
2ROI is based on plant stand and yield calculations at an estimated 155K planting population and estimated seed/seed treatment costs based on market averages.
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