SUCCESS ROOTED IN TRUST 05/15/19 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized In 2019, the Department of Agriculture expects U.S. farmers to plant 237 million acres in a matter of weeks. On the farm, this means extremely long days, time away from the family and added stress. To get through this intense time, it requires a great support system (family, employees and friends). What farmers often don’t... View Article
THE CASE FOR BOTH BATCH TREATING AND CONTINUOUS TREATING 05/07/19 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized As someone who has been living and working in the seed treatment world, I have often heard the debate as to which is better: continuous treating or batch treating. In looking at the bigger picture, I don’t believe it’s an either-or scenario but rather a both-and, depending on the need and product being handled. Both... View Article
REDUCE SEED TREATMENT OPERATOR ERROR 04/09/19 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized What are the fundamental principles of a successful business? Increase profits while minimizing risk — sound familiar? What good is it to increase profits only have it negated by unmitigated risk, such as operator error during the seed treatment season? How do we change the recipe and set seed treatment operators, and your company, up... View Article
HOW NOT TO GET CAUGHT IN THE WHIRLWIND OF CHANGE 02/07/19 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized You know that old cliché saying “the only thing that is constant is change”? It seems more and more appropriate. We live in a world where we are connected to news, information, ideas … and work almost 24/7. On the world stage, we are seeing major political shifts from Brexit in Europe to Saudi Arabia’s... View Article
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF BUYING CHEAP 01/07/19 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized Have you ever tried to save a buck and it ended up costing you $10? We’re located a few miles out of town in rural Kansas where there is no access to fiber cable. We beam our internet connection from town and, in an effort to save a few dollars, decided to purchase radios that... View Article
DIRECT DRAW vs SLURRY TREATING 12/18/18 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized Just as each farm is unique, so too are the retailers and seed companies that service them. I’m often asked if keg direct draw treating is better than slurry treating, but the answer isn’t cut and dry. It depends on a number of factors, including operator knowledge and expertise, resources and flexibility, or farmer choice,... View Article
THROW OUT THE SEED TREATMENT PAPER TRAIL 12/04/18 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized In the world where we have an endless array of gadgets and gizmos at our fingertips, making communication and data analysis easier than ever, paper is a sign of inefficiency. Think about your paper trail as it relates to treating seed. A customer orders a batch of seed to be treated, which is typically initiated... View Article
5 CHECKS TO ENSURE SEED TREATMENT SUCCESS WITH SMALL GRAINS 11/19/18 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Applicator, Seed Treatment Just as planting equipment needs to be swapped out from seeding corn and soybeans to drilling wheat or other small grains, different adjustments need to be made to seed treatment equipment when going from treating a large seed to something much smaller, such as wheat. 5 Checks…
VIDEO : Best of Farm Progress Show 2018 10/02/18 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized 
WORKSHOP ON SEED TREATMENT | by Hermann Platzen 09/27/18 by Malerie Strahm Posted in: Uncategorized KSi equipment and solutions were featured in the September issue of SEEDnews magazine of Brazil. The article highlights some of the seed treatment technology presented by KSi at the Iowa State University Seed Treatment Workshop in June 2018. Workshop on Seed Treatment
