Seed Quality Updates

The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) standardizes testing around the globe to ensure analysts do their best work — including recommending the best temperature to conduct vigour testing at. Still, various seed testing outlets use a variety of different temperatures to conduct vigour tests, some as high as 10 C. Most farmers in Western CanadaRead more

20/20 Seed Labs Inc. has identified that seed harvested after the rain and snow in late 2018 has serious issues. Germination results are borderline at 80-85%, barely making grade, and as such have low vigour results. Dormancy (seed that’s typically viable) is masking a number of underlying detrimental issues such as chemical damage, frost andRead more

As the 2018 growing season comes to a close, it’s a good time to evaluate what impact the environment has had on the seed during both the growing and harvest season. It’s important to consider that your seed analyst and disease diagnostician are very much on the front lines again this year – and asRead more

Click here to read Sarah Foster’s Increased Fusarium Levels article on RealAgriculture.Read more

Click here to read Sarah Foster’s Low germ or dormant seeds? article on RealAgriculture.Read more