| Acreage Fees |
| High Value Crop Kinds |
| Canola |
$2.00 |
per acre |
| Corn (excludes open-pollinated) |
$2.00 |
per acre |
| Tobacco |
$2.00 |
per acre |
| Medium Value Crop Kinds |
| Hemp |
$1.30 |
per acre |
| Soybeans |
$1.30 |
per acre |
| Lower Value Crop Kinds |
| Alfalfa |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Barley |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Bean |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Birdsfoot Trefoil |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Bromegrass |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Buckwheat |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Canarygrass |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Chickpea |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Clover |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Faba Bean |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Fescue |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Flax |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Lentil |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Mustard |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Oats |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Peas |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Rye |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Ryegrass |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Timothy |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Triticale |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Wheat |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Wheatgrass |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| All Other Crops |
$1.10 |
per acre |
| Plot Fees |
| Plot Certification |
$60.00 |
Per sequence |
| Membership Fees |
| Membership Fees (per account) |
$240.00 |
Fee to be applied annually for each account (for the first member on an account with seed crop certification) |
| Additional Growers (per additional persons on account) |
$25.00 |
Fee for each additional membership added to an account |
| Variety Certification Eligibility |
| Variety Eligibility Certification Application (Form 300) |
$600.00 |
Per application |
| Variety Onboarding |
$150.00 |
New onboarding variety fee. Applicable to varieties entering CSGA’s system outside of the Form 300 or CFIA Variety Registration Process |
| Other Certification Fees |
| Appeal Application (Form 200) |
$150.00 |
Per sequence number |
| Recertification Fees |
$2,500.00 |
Per seed source. Additional fees may apply if CSGA is required to do additional consultations. |
| Varietal Additional Certification Requirements (ACR) Assessment |
$50.00 |
Per sequence number. Currently only applicable to midge tolerant wheat (MTW) varietal blends |
| Midge Tolerant Wheat Testing Validation |
$1,200.00 |
Per MTW blend. Fees are normally charged to the variety distributor. |
| Land Use Inspection Assessment |
$50.00 |
Per application (sequence) |
| Re-inspection Assessment |
$50.00 |
Per re-inspection |
| Bulk Application Processing (per field) |
$5.00 |
Per application (per field) for CSGA to process each field on a bulk application. Online applications are made available at no additional costs. |
| Breeder Seed Demotion Assessment (Form 45) |
$25.00 |
Per form |
| Foreign Canola Support Document Assessment |
$60.00 |
Per sequence number. Fee for CSGA to process a foreign canola support document assessment; includes crop inspection report, transfer declarations, hybridity test results, and erucic acid results. |
| Hybrid Canola Support Document Assessment |
$50.00 |
Per sequence number. Fee for CSGA to process hybrid canola support document and related assessment. |
| Hybrid Corn Crop Inspection Report Assessment |
$50.00 |
Per sequence number. Fee for CSGA to process hybrid corn crop support document and related assessment. |
| Carry Over Seed Listing Fee (per variety/class) |
$50.00 |
Per crop certificate per year. Fee for CSGA to process request for carry over seed listing per variety or class. |
| SeedCert System Access Fees (Non Members) |
| ASCIS Annual Software Licensing Fee |
$500.00 |
Annual, per license. Some ASCIS’s may have more than one license. |
| ASCIS Initial Software Licensing Fee |
$2,000.00 |
Per license for the onboarding of new ASCIS’s (initial licensing of software) |
| ASCIS System Access Fee (Non Hybrids) |
$0.12 |
Per acre |
| ASCIS System Access Fee (Hybrid) |
$0.22 |
Per acre |
| Other Third Party System Access Fees (Non Members) |
| Base fee |
$300.00 |
Non-Member Client Fee, per account number, for access to Members’ Area. Allows account to be selected as a toller, crop certificate assignee, or payee. |
| Penalties Assessed |
| Late Seed Crop Certification Applications Received 15-21 Days After Deadline |
$50.00 |
Per application (sequence) |
| Late Seed Crop Certification Applications Received 22-60 Days After Deadline |
$75.00 |
Per application (sequence) |
| Late Seed Crop Certification Applications Received 60+ Days After Deadline |
$125.00 |
Per application (sequence) |
| Late Variety Onboarding Submission |
$100.00 |
Per late variety onboarded in SeedCert. |
| Incomplete Application Penalty |
$25.00 |
Per incomplete application (sequence) applied without an Authorized Seed Crop Inspection Service or variety onboarding submission. |
| No Valid Email |
$10.00 |
Per application (sequence) applied when no email has been provided for the account receiving certification services. |
| Inspection Cancelled |
$50.00 |
Per cancelled application (sequence) |
