STATE SEED CERTIFICATION BOARD
Kevin
Fridley, Pierre
President |
Clark
Moeckly, Britton, Vice President |
John Naser, Gann Valley, Member |
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Neal R.
Foster,
Brookings
Secretary |
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTH DAKOTA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
|
Clark
Moeckly, Britton, President |
|
|
Lee
Brockmueller, Freeman, Vice
President |
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|
Neal R.
Foster,
Brookings, Executive
Director |
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| Rick Bieber,
Timber Lake |
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Dave Nelson, Miller |
Roger Frey, Mobridge |
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Paul
Patterson, Draper |
Floyd
Hansmeier, Bristol |
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Steven VanTassel, Midland |
| Leon Koeppe,
Claire City |
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Max
Williams, Brentford |
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Gary Lemme, Dean College
Ag & Bio, SDSU, Brookings |
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THE PURPOSE OF SEED CERTIFICATION
The purpose of Seed Certification is to maintain
and make available to the public sources of high quality seeds and propagating materials
of superior varieties so grown and distributed as to insure genetic identity.
Varieties eligible for certification have resulted either from
natural selection or through systematic plant breeding techniques. In either case, without
a planned method for maintaining genetic purity, there is grave danger of losing varietal
identity.
Varietal purity is the first consideration in Seed Certification,
but other factors such as weeds, diseases, viability, mechanical purity, and grading are
also important.
Seed Certification is designed to maintain not only the genetic
purity of superior crop varieties but also reasonable standards of seed condition and
quality.
Classes of Certified Seed
Foundation seed is the progeny of Breeder or Foundation Seed Stocks
produced under control of the originator or sponsoring plant breeding institution, or
person, or designee thereof. As applied to certified seed, Foundation seed is a class of
certified seed which is produced under procedure established by the certifying agency for
the purpose of maintaining genetic purity and identity.
Registered seed is the progeny of Breeder or Foundation seed
handled according to procedures prescribed by the certifying agency so as to maintain
satisfactory genetic purity and identity.
Certified seed is the progeny of Breeder, Foundation, or Registered
seed so handled as to maintain satisfactory genetic purity and identity and which has been
approved by the certifying agency.
PLEASE NOTE
The following list of
seed growers includes only those whose fields are planted with Foundation or Registered
seed and who have made application for certification and have passed all inspections to
date.
Certification can be completed only after the seed from these
approved fields has passed all certification tests and standards. Final certification will
depend on a satisfactory laboratory analysis of the conditioned (cleaned) seed lot.
The growers listed will, therefore, only accept tentative orders
that will be filled if seed is finally certified, which fact will be designated by the
certification tag or bulk transfer certificate. Seed offered for sale without this
documentation CANNOT be considered Certified Seed.
The South Dakota Crop Improvement Association and Seed
Certification Service are not marketing organizations; hence, inquiries for seed should be
sent directly to growers listed.
Neither the South Dakota Crop Improvement Association nor the
Certification Service assumes any financial responsibility regarding seed listed, although
every attempt has been made to insure high quality seed which conforms to the
certification standards.
Please report any irregularities.
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