“Given the unpredictability of farming, seed treatments are a critical step to maximize the yield and quality of your seed investments, but they need be simple to use and effective—which is where Raxil shines. We’re proud to offer an enhanced disease product with Raxil Rise that delivers the best-in-class application experience farmers expect.”
Key features of Raxil Rise include:
- Stronger disease control: The addition of penflufen (Group 7) strengthens protection against challenging cereal diseases, including true loose smut and Fusarium.
- Improved formulation and coverage: Its micro-dispersion technology ensures excellent seed coverage, low dust-off, reliable flowability across temperatures, and a richer colour for visible coverage.
- Four active ingredients: The treatment combines Penflufen (7), Tebuconazole (3), Prothioconazole (3), and Metalaxyl (4) for complete systemic and contact protection.
“There’s been a need for enhanced disease control in cereals, specifically with Fusarium, and true loose smut (TLS) in barley,” explains Rory Cranston, Cereals Technical Strategy Lead at Bayer Crop Science Canada.
“With the evolution of the Raxil brand, we’ve added the active ingredient penflufen (group 7) to boost its effectiveness against yield-robbing diseases. Using micro dispersion technology, it ensures each seed receives the best coverage possible with our enhanced pink colourant, so you can be confident that you’re covered. It also dries quickly and stays there throughout the treating, auguring and seeding process.”
Over 100 pre-commercial trials of Raxil Rise were conducted across Western Canada in 2025 with growers, agronomists, and seed treaters.
“When it came to treating, (Raxil Rise) was easy to use, flowed well, coverage was excellent and there (were) no issues with flaking or gumming up treating or seeding equipment,” said Emily Barteaux, Independent Agronomist with 305 Agronomy.
“Overall, really impressed with how it handles in comparison to the top tier experience we expect after using Raxil PRO for so long.”
Raxil Rise will be available for purchase beginning with the 2026 growing season. More information can be found at www.RaxilRise.ca.