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DUST Featured in ILSOY.org Blog

Posted on Oct 5, 2018

DUST – A Soy-Based Talc, Graphite Replacement If you plant corn or soybeans you are either adding Talc, Graphite or Fluency Agent Advanced from Bayer Crop Science, as a lubricant. Talc is dusty, white, chalk-like material that poses a health risk if inhaled and Graphite is a dusty, black, soot-like material—both are routinely available from your equipment […]

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Early Results Are In! —More viable plants!

Posted on Aug 5, 2018

You can come see us at the Greenley Research center at the University of Missouri. Early returns on research done at the University of Missouri and The Ohio State University shows more viable plants when planted with DUST. You can find info about the field days 8/8/18 at the Greenley Center.

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What About That Funny “u”?

Posted on Jun 1, 2018

That funny “µ”is the greek letter Mu. It is intentional that we have that at the heart of our name and the heart of our product Dµst. This is because “µs” is the symbol for static friction for physicists.  You can google just about anything, but this information from study.com tells how friction is calculated.  We chose […]

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Why is DUST Different?

Posted on May 21, 2018

DUST is new to planters and the industry.  How is it different?  It’s a protein made 100 percent from soybeans. The picture attached to this posting shows the shape of the product under a microscope.  This shape helps seeds move and slide more, acting like ball bearings and having far fewer jagged edges than competitive […]

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Seed Coatings Are Important

Posted on May 12, 2018

We had a colleague share this with us recently. Very thought provoking and one of the reasons we’re developing an all Soy based seed coating. Early tests have been VERY positive in holding active ingredients to the seed. Even better is the coating working in conjunction with DUST! You can read the full article on […]

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