Iowa State University is once again offering a series of workshops on seed conditioning and quality testing procedures this summer. The workshop dates are rapidly approaching, so we are sending this brief reminder in the event either you or a co-worker might be interested in the program. These are small group sessions that feature a mix of classroom and “hands on” equipment operation in our pilot plant at the ISU Seed Science Center. The 2022 workshop schedule is listed below and on the registration website:
Commercial Popcorn Conditioning…………………………..May 24-26
Color Sorting – SATAKE……………………………..……….June 7-9
Specialty Seed Conditioning…………………………………June 21-23
Seed Corn Conditioning……………………………………..June 28-30
Soybean and Small Grain Seed Conditioning………....….July 12-14
Seed Treatment Workshop……………………………….....July 20-21
Soybean and Small Grain Seed Conditioning………..….July 26-28
Gravity Separation………………………………………….August 3-4
Seed Corn Conditioning……………………………...……August 9-11
Seed Quality Workshop (ISU Seed Lab).....…..…….…August 17-18
The SATAKE color sorter program has been combined into a longer 3 day session to provide additional coverage for multiple product lines. The traditional seed corn and soybean workshops have been reduced to three days, with additional online coverage provided prior to the workshops. The gravity separation workshop has also been extended to provide better coverage of related topics.
Routine workshop registration is handled by our staff in Conference Planning and Management. Additional details, including a PDF version of the workshop brochure and on-line registration can be found on the ISU Extension web site at https://www.regcytes.extension.iastate.edu/seedscience/. Routine registration questions may be directed to Extension using the following contact information:
Iowa State University
Registration Services
1601 Golden Aspen Drive, Suite 110
Ames, IA 50010
Phone: 515-294-6222
Fax: 515-294-6223
Email: registrations@iastate.edu
You are also welcome to contact either myself or Mike Stahr with questions or content suggestions regarding the workshop programs. Mike will be coordinating the quality workshop and can be reached by email at mgstahr@iastate.edu or by phone at 515-294-0117.
We appreciate your consideration of Iowa State University and the Seed Science Center for your seed testing and training requirements.