Brookings, South Dakota
July 29, 2009

SGS announces a Corn and Soybean Seed Quality Workshop being held in Brookings, South Dakota on August
19th, 2009. The workshop will be made up of 45 minute stations selected by you to hit the seed topics
that you are most interested in.

Stations

• Rules (AOSA, International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), Federal Seed Act)
• Soybean Harvesting – Soak Test
• Seed Sampling
• Tests of Choice – Purity, TZ, Germ, Vigor, Seed Pathology
• Biotechnology in Crops, Corn Bts Explained, Herbicide Bioassays
• Seed Storage and Seed Physiology
• Information Management - Sample Track®
• Information Management - Report Services v-Worksheet®
• Topics of your suggestion
• Tour of Lab

The Corn and Soybean Seed Quality Workshop is followed by the Seed Sampler Workshop held
August 20-21st, 2009.

SGS announces a seed sampling workshop to be held in Brookings, SD, on August 20-21st, 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 August 20th and conclude at noon on August 21st. The workshop will be held at SGS in Brookings, SD. Please see our website, www.seedservices.sgs.com or contact us at 605-692-7611 for more details.

Website: http://www.sgsgroup.us.com/en/Agriculture-Food/Seed-and-Crop.aspx

Published: July 29, 2009