Brookings, South Dakota
April 12, 2007
Seed Sampling Workshop
Brookings, South Dakota
May 23-24, 2007
Mid-West Seed Services, Inc. (MWSS) announces a seed
sampling workshop to be held in Brookings, South Dakota, on May
23-24, 2007.
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 23rd and conclude at
noon on May 24th. The workshop will be held at Mid-West Seed
Services, Inc. Please see our website,
www.mwseed.com, or contact
us at 605-692-7611 for more details.
Seed Technologist Training
Workshop
Brookings, South Dakota
May 14-18, 2007
The annual seed technologist training sessions will be held May
14-18, 2007 in Brookings, S.D. The five-day training is
comprised of three different sessions, Purity & Seed
Identification, Moisture, GMO & Germination and Tetrazolium
Testing. Participants may attend any or all sessions.
Training will benefit seed analysts, seed technologists, genetic
technologists, quality assurance personnel and others interested
in seed testing analysis. They are helpful for those planning to
take future seed technologist examinations or those working in
seed companies and/or laboratories. Topics are taught through
lectures on theory, demonstration of methods, along with
considerable time spent doing hands-on analysis.
A full agenda is available at
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