PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an iron powder for covering seeds, capable of realizing a coating little in falling of the iron powder not only in a seeding process but also in a transporting process, and to provide an iron-powder-coated seed coated with the iron powder for coating seeds.SOLUTION: The iron powder for coating seeds is an iron powder usable for coating seeds, and has >85% mass fraction of iron powder having &le45 &mum particle size and &ge30.0 mass% but &le99.0 mass% metal iron content ratio.