Heads Up is a biological seed treatment for growers to get a head start against a variety of fungal and bacterial diseases in row and specialty crops. Used alone or in combination with other fungicide / insecticide seed treatments, Heads Up brings additional, full-season protection to help position your plants to succeed against yield robbing disease pathogens.
From our humble beginnings in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, to our North American expansion, our roots
are deeply seeded in providing natural, reliable and sustainable products to improve the future of farming.
While incorporated in 1999, Heads Up® Plant Protectants, Inc. has been in motion since the 1970s. A venture
that started on a 600-acre hobby farm in east-central Saskatchewan by Joe Dutcheshen has evolved into one
of the leading biological crop protection companies in the U.S. and Canada.
A pharmacist and farmer, Joe honed in on his passion for pharmaceutical research and agriculture to
develop a biological formulation from naturally occurring plant-extracted biochemicals found in specialty
crops. Through persistence and determination and more than 20 years of research, Joe found that certain
chemistries activate systemic acquired resistance in crops, which essentially sends signals to the plant to
activate its defense system to ward off diseases. The formulation gives the plant a “heads up” to get its
defense in place and aids to suppress yield-robbing diseases, such as white mold and sudden death syndrome.
Now, Heads Up is one of the most effective, economical biological seed treatments on the market for use on
soybeans, corn, potatoes, dry beans, peas and wheat, as well as a pre-transplant foliar and root dip for tomato
seedlings. And our footprint continues to grow; more than 10 million soybean acres in North America use
Heads Up seed treatment, and in Alberta, Canada, Heads Up is on 100% of dry bean acres planted.
Heads Up is an independent, family-owned company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Heads Up
Plant Protectant is both an EPA and PRMA (Canada) registered seed treatment in addition to OMRI™ (Organic Materials Review Institute) registered and approved for organic use. Heads Up continues product testing to refine future formulations, including Heads Up RTA: a pre-mix liquid product for growers who prefer an alternative to water-soluble powder.
Heads Up Plant Protectant is nationally distributed in the United States and Canada and is the only EPA/PMRA registered seed treatment for suppression of both sudden death syndrome (fusarium virguliforme) and white mold (sclerotinia sclerotiorum) in soybeans.
See our distributors and retailers
With more than fifteen years of data, growers across the United States and Canada trust Heads Up to complete a superior seed treatment program. When combined with other seed treatments and inoculants Heads Up helps growers achieve stacked modes of action against the toughest diseases, putting them on the right track to achieving higher yields by suppressing soil borne disease and contributing to overall plant hardiness.
Heads Up Seed Treatment is sold as a water soluble, highly concentrated dry powder. It must be pre-slurried into solution before use (go to application guidelines).
Questions? Call toll free: 1-866-368-9306
Heads Up is a biological seed treatment for growers to get a head start against a variety of fungal and bacterial diseases in row and specialty crops. Used alone or in combination with other fungicide / insecticide seed treatments, Heads Up brings additional, full-season protection to help position your plants to succeed against yield robbing disease pathogens.
From our humble beginnings in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, to our North American expansion, our roots
are deeply seeded in providing natural, reliable and sustainable products to improve the future of farming.
While incorporated in 1999, Heads Up® Plant Protectants, Inc. has been in motion since the 1970s. A venture
that started on a 600-acre hobby farm in east-central Saskatchewan by Joe Dutcheshen has evolved into one
of the leading biological crop protection companies in the U.S. and Canada.
A pharmacist and farmer, Joe honed in on his passion for pharmaceutical research and agriculture to
develop a biological formulation from naturally occurring plant-extracted biochemicals found in specialty
crops. Through persistence and determination and more than 20 years of research, Joe found that certain
chemistries activate systemic acquired resistance in crops, which essentially sends signals to the plant to
activate its defense system to ward off diseases. The formulation gives the plant a “heads up” to get its
defense in place and aids to suppress yield-robbing diseases, such as white mold and sudden death syndrome.
Now, Heads Up is one of the most effective, economical biological seed treatments on the market for use on
soybeans, corn, potatoes, dry beans, peas and wheat, as well as a pre-transplant foliar and root dip for tomato
seedlings. And our footprint continues to grow; more than 10 million soybean acres in North America use
Heads Up seed treatment, and in Alberta, Canada, Heads Up is on 100% of dry bean acres planted.
Heads Up is an independent, family-owned company based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Heads Up
Plant Protectant is both an EPA and PRMA (Canada) registered seed treatment in addition to OMRI™ (Organic Materials Review Institute) registered and approved for organic use. Heads Up continues product testing to refine future formulations, including Heads Up RTA: a pre-mix liquid product for growers who prefer an alternative to water-soluble powder.
Heads Up Plant Protectant is nationally distributed in the United States and Canada and is the only EPA/PMRA registered seed treatment for suppression of both sudden death syndrome (fusarium virguliforme) and white mold (sclerotinia sclerotiorum) in soybeans.
See our distributors and retailers
With more than fifteen years of data, growers across the United States and Canada trust Heads Up to complete a superior seed treatment program. When combined with other seed treatments and inoculants Heads Up helps growers achieve stacked modes of action against the toughest diseases, putting them on the right track to achieving higher yields by suppressing soil borne disease and contributing to overall plant hardiness.
Heads Up Seed Treatment is sold as a water soluble, highly concentrated dry powder. It must be pre-slurried into solution before use (go to application guidelines).
Questions? Call toll free: 1-866-368-9306
