Now Offering Canada Grading
Shipping seeds to Canada and need a grade assigned to your lot? Iowa State now provides this service! The USDA has developed a specialized training course and certification, enabling US [...]
July 15, 2024 Newsletter
July Billing - July 16th Iowa State University is transitioning to a new accounting system as of July 18th. To help with this transition, the Seed Lab will be completing [...]
New Sample Number Format Starting June 25, 2024
The final billing for fiscal year 2024 is on June 24th. Starting June 25th, we will implement a new sample number format to include the fiscal year. The new format [...]
June 12, 2024 Newsletter
New Sample Number Format Our last billing for fiscal year 2024 will take place on June 24th. After the billing is complete, we will be moving to a new sample [...]
Dr. Steven Harris appointed interim director of ISU Seed Science Center
Ames, IA— Dr. Daniel Robison, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has announced the appointment of Dr. Steven Harris as interim director of the Seed Science Center. [...]
Rebecca Noe Joins Seed Health Lab as Full-Time Research Scientist
Iowa State University (ISU) Seed Science Center (SSC) proudly announces the appointment of Rebecca Noe as a full-time Research Scientist I at the Seed Health Lab. Noe, a student employee [...]
ISU seed lab team recognized with “CYtation” award for their work to ensure global food security
For over 120 years, the Seed Lab at the Iowa State University (ISU) Seed Science Center (SSC) has worked to prevent the distribution of sick or substandard seeds within [...]
April 18, 2024 Newsletter
Publish Date Change for Newsletter As of this publication, we will be changing the ROOTS Newsletter to a monthly basis instead of bimonthly. If there is a need to disseminate [...]
Additional Seed Requests – Sample Discarded after 90 Days
At the Iowa State University Seed Laboratory, ensuring thorough testing is essential to maintaining quality standards. When we encounter a shortfall in received seeds for testing according to AOSA, ISTA, [...]