Brookings, South Dakota
March 30, 2009
SGS announces a seed sampling workshop to be held in
Brookings, South Dakota, on May 14-15, 2009.
ISTA, AOSA and CFIA sampling rules will be reviewed, as will
sampling methods, sealing seed lots, subdividing
samples and a review of ISTA certificates. Participants
completing the workshop will be taking the first
step towards accreditation to sample for ISTA certificates.
This workshop is an excellent education experience for anyone
sampling seed, regardless if it will be exported or not. Milt
Haugen, Croplan Genetics, participated in a seed sampling
workshop and suggests “To do justice to your customer and your
company’s product, everyone should attend a sampler workshop.”
The session will begin at 8:00 a.m. on May 14th and conclude at
noon on May 15th. The workshop will be held at SGS. Please see
our website,
www.seedservices.sgs.com or contact us at 605-692-7611 for
more details.
The Seed Sampler Workshop is preceded by Seed Quality Workshop
on May 12-13, covering the following topics:
- Rules (AOSA, International
Seed Testing Association (ISTA), Federal Seed)
- Seed Sampling and
International Shipments
- Tests of Choice – Purity,
TZ, Germ, Vigor, Seed Pathology
- Biotechnology in Crops
- Seed Storage and Seed
Physiology
- Sample Track®
- Information Management
- Research on Techniques -
Seed Testing Strategies
- Tour of Lab
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