More plants.
More yield.
More margin.
Get your seed treated to protect early vigour, reduce disease pressure, and improve establishment.
Because you can’t rewind the season.
Seed: your biggest investment this season
Seed is cheap.
Failure is expensive.
In today’s conditions, untreated seed is a risky investment. You risk losing yield and margin before the crop even emerges. And you don’t get a second chance.
Small yield caps don’t look like much – until you multiply them by hectares.
How much margin is leaking out of your paddocks?
Yield loss examples:
zinc deficiency 2–5%,
poor germination speed 10-15%,
poor crop emergence 10-15%,
poor seedling vigour 4-16%,
poor root and shoot biomass 5-10%,
poor water and nutrient uptake 10-25%,
Rhizoctonia-related 10-50%,
Pythium root rot 1-3%, stripe rust 35-45%,
crown rot 5-20%,
aphid virus spreading 20-30%,
Russian wheat aphid 10-30%.
Example: Wheat
Slow emergence: –4%
Early root disease pressure: –6%
Nutrient uptake constraint: –5%
Combined early drag: -15% (without obvious failure)
Later:
Stripe rust pressure: –12% (bites harder when crop starts behind)
Total drag: -27%
Why this matters
Most problems don’t need to wipe out a crop to hurt you. They just need to shave a bit off establishment, root function, tiller number, grain set, or grain fill in each paddock.
A 5-15% yield cap won’t look dramatic in the paddock. But on hundreds or thousands of hectares, it turns into a serious dollar leak. Especially if you have more than one problem.
Find the likely causes in your paddock, run a quick diagnosis and find a solution using the tool below.
A strong start is the cheapest yield protection you’ll buy.
Seed treatment helps you protect establishment, build early vigour, and reduce early disease pressure – so your crop has momentum from day one.
You can’t control the season.
But you can control the start.
Strong start.
Big finish.
What this does for you
More plants established when conditions are marginal
Faster, stronger early growth for better competition and resilience
Less early disease pressure that quietly clips yield potential
More uniform crops that are easier to manage and finish
How we approach it
Diagnose the
likely constraint
Match the
treatment risk
Not one product fits all. The right mix for your crop, sowing window, paddock history, and conditions.
Back it with
local execution
Stop yield constraints before they compound.
Seed treatment: your first decision of the season
What have you been dealing with?
What have you been seeing?
What are you trying to protect against?
I’ve seen it, and I’m
worried about it.
Crop diagnosis tool
Identify crop problems and find recommended solutions through our guided symptom checker
The cheapest yield protection is the one you apply before you need it.
Start strong. Stay in the game.
Because the season doesn’t give second chances.
As more farmers learn about the benefits of our seed treatment, cleaning, and grading services, we’re booked well in advance. Book now to secure your slot.
For complete seed protection and stronger early vigour from day one, ask us about Hannaford’s proven Boost system.
Here to help – let's build
your seed treatment plan
Kane and Alicia
For general enquiries, please contact:
Kane: 0458 355 838 or snowtown@hannafords.com
Areas serviced:
Avon, Balaklava, Barunga Gap, Blyth, Bowillia, Bowmans, Brinkworth, Bute, Condowie, Everard, Goyder, Inkerman, Kallora, Koolunga, Kybunga, Lochiel, Mundoora, Nantawarra, Owen, Pinery, Port Wakefield, Redhill, Sevenhill, Snowtown, Stow, Templeton and Wokurna.
Strong start. Big finish.
HANNAFORD + KANE RUIZ specialises in professional seed treatments, cleaning, and grading services designed to protect a farmer’s primary investment and maximise yield and profitability. Untreated seeds pose a significant financial risk, as even minor issues with germination, establishment, or disease can lead to substantial yield and margin losses across farming operations.
To combat these invisible threats, we offer a diagnostic approach that matches specific chemical or nutritional treatments to the unique risks of each paddock and crop type. By focusing on a strong start, our customised treatment plans help crops build early vigour and resilience against environmental stressors and seasonal pressures.
Our process helps you identify likely paddock and crop constraints and select the treatment options needed to achieve more uniform crop establishment.
Based in the Mid North of South Australia, we encourage early bookings to help growers secure their yield potential before the season begins. Ultimately, our service provides preventative protection to ensure that small biological hurdles do not compound into major financial leaks.