Coating composition for applying to soybean seed from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises one or more organic materials having a melting point of greater than or equal to 50°Centigrade and one or more additives for enhancing seedling vigour and/or seedling growth, methods of making such compositions and coated soybean seeds. The organic material is a wax, preferably carnauba wax particles. The particles have a volume mean diameter ⠥5µm, such as in the range ⠥10µm to 200µm. The additives include Rhizobium¸ rock phosphate and chitosan.
