Ames, Iowa
May 19, 2009
 Iowa State University is once again offering a series
of workshops on seed conditioning and quality testing procedures
this summer. The workshop dates are rapidly approaching, so we
are sending this brief reminder in the event either you or a
co-worker might be interested in the program. The 2009 workshop
schedule is listed below and on the attached brochure. These are
small group sessions that feature a mix of classroom and “hands
on” equipment operation in our pilot plant at the ISU Seed
Science Center.
Color Sorting - Satake....................................June
3-4
Color Sorting - Sortex.....................................June
10-11
Commercial Seed Corn Conditioning................June 15-18
Seed Treatment............................................June
24-25
Soybean & Small Grain Seed Conditioning........July 7-9
Soybean & Small Grain Seed Conditioning........July 28-30
Gravity
Separation.........................................August 4
Gravity
Separation.........................................August 6
Research Seed Corn Conditioning....................August 11-13
Seed Corn / Soybean Quality Testing...............August 19-20
Routine workshop registration is handled by our staff in
Continuing Education.
Additional details, including the PDF version of the workshop
brochure and on-line registration can be found on the ISU
Extension web site at
http://www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/seedscience/home.html .
Routine registration questions can be directed to Extension
using the following contact information:
Iowa State University
Continuing Education and Professional Development
102 Scheman Building
Ames, IA 50011-1112
Phone: 515-294-6222
Fax: 515-294-6223
Email:
cepd-info@iastate.edu
You are also welcome to contact either myself or Mike Stahr with
questions or content suggestions regarding the workshop
programs. Mike will be coordinating the quality workshop and can
be reached by email at
mgstahr@iastate.edu or by phone at 515-294-0117.
We appreciate your consideration of Iowa State University and
the Seed Science Center for your seed testing and training
requirements.
Best Regards,
Alan Gaul
Seed Conditioning Specialist
Room 155 Seed Science Center
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011-3228
Phone: 515-294-4011
Fax: 515-294-2014
Email: agaul@iastate.edu |
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