Ames, Iowa
November 19, 2007
The
Illinois Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) will offer
North American temperate counter season nursery services in
Illinois beginning in 2008 to complement the company’s Winter
Farm operation based in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.
For many years, ICIA has maintained a modest Illinois corn and
sunflower growout program geared toward materials produced in
the Southern hemisphere. Initially, the growout program was
established to affirm varietal purity as a criteria of AOSCA and
OECD certification programs.
The program in recent years was expanded to also accept
commercial entries from seed companies and brokers.
For a number of years, multiple female topcross services were
offered in Illinois related to the development of High Oil Corn.
During 2007, ICIA successfully conducted their first regulated
soybean trials at two locations near their Champaign
headquarter’s office.
Plans for 2008 include offering Illinois based services for
corn, soybean, sunflower and sorghum. Services will be provided
independently by ICIA and collaboratively under Global Seed
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