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Iowa State university offers seed conditioning and quality workshops


Ames, Iowa, USA
May 27, 2014

ISU 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 2014 workshop schedule is listed below and on the registration website listed below. 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.

Commercial Popcorn Conditioning...................... May 20-22
Color Sorting - Satake.............................................. June 2-3
Color Sorting - Satake.............................................. June 4-5
Color Sorting – Buhler Sortex.............................. June 10-11
Seed Corn Conditioning........................................ June 16-19
Seed Treatment.................................................... June 25-26
Soybean & Small Grain Seed Conditioning.............. July 7-10
Specialty Seed Conditioning………………………………. July 15-17
Soybean & Small Grain Seed Conditioning........... July 21-24
Gravity Separation...................................................... July 29
Gravity Separation................................................. August 31
Seed Corn Conditioning........................................ August 4-7
Seed Corn / Soybean Quality Testing............... August 12-14

Routine workshop registration is handled by our staff in Conference Planning and Management. Additional details, including a PDF version of the workshop brochure and on-line registration can be found on the ISU Extension web site at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/registration/events/conferences/seedscience/. Routine registration questions can be directed to Extension using the following contact information:

Iowa State University
Registration Services
1601 Golden Aspen Drive., Suite 110
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: 515-294-6222
Fax: 515-294-6223
Email: registrations@iastate.edu

You are also welcome to contact either Alan Gaul (agaul@iastate.edu) 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.



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Published: May 27, 2014

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