Access your report as soon as your seeds are tested.

The ISU Seed Lab is committed to providing accurate and timely seed testing results. You may check on the progress of your seed tests or check test results by using your secure online myCySeed Client Portal or contacting Customer Care (515-294-6826, seedlab@iastate.edu).  Results from each day’s evaluation of tests are available each evening in your myCySeed Client Portal.

FAQ’s

Test duration depends upon the crop being tested and the type of test being performed. If you require more information than is available on this page, contact Customer Care at 515-294-6826. Most seed testing is started on the same day the sample is received.

You may choose from the following options to receive test results:

Almost all testing is started the same day that samples are received in our laboratory. However, this may not always be the case if you require that samples be planted or evaluated on a weekend.

Priority samples that require a purity test and noxious weed exam can be rushed for $5.00 per sample.

  • The date samples are received
  • The sample number assigned each of your samples
  • The starting date of various tests
  • Real-time individual test results
  • Estimated completion dates for testing in progress

To access your myCySeed portal for the first time, contact Customer Care at 515-294-6826 or seedlab@iastate.edu to obtain a password. An email will then be sent with instructions on how to log in and navigate the myCySeed Client Portal.

After receiving your password, to log in simply go to mycyseed.seed.iastate.edu and click on “sign in.”  Enter your account number as the Username and the Password.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Customer Care at 515-294-6826 or seedlab@iastate.edu or the Lab Manager if you have any questions or comments about using the new myCySeed Client Portal.

Any column on the spreadsheet that includes a heading that appears underlined when your computer mouse (cursor) passes over it is a sortable column.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Customer Care at 515-294-6826 or seedlab@iastate.edu or the Lab Manager if you have any questions or comments about using the myCySeed Client Portal.

Results for individual tests are available in real-time. As soon as a test completes, the restuls will be available on myCySeed as preliminary results. A final report will be available only after all the tests for the sample have been completed. You may also contact Customer Care at 515-294-6826 or seedlab@iastate.edu to check on your test results.

Your information will remain in your E-report myCySeed Client Portal for more than one year. Contact Customer Care at 515-294-6826 or seedlab@iastate.edu  for details.

Yes. Pdfs of test results are available online the evening of the day they are created, and remain stored thereafter in your myCySeed Client Portal.

Check out this PDF with a detailed explanation of what your report says.

Remember!

Include your ACCOUNT NUMBER on all correspondence, sample bags, and submission forms