Isolation

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Certified seed production fields are carefully isolated from other crops to prevent contamination from other varieties or crop kinds.

Planting Equipment Sanitation

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Seed growers protect quality by investing extra time cleaning planting equipment to remove seed of other varieties, difficult-to-separate weeds or other crop kinds.

Field Selection

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Seed growers carefully select fields which meet strict previous land use requirements of CSGA.

Parent Seed Multiplication

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Most Breeder seed is produced in small amounts and CSGA seed growers multiply this seed.

Variety Development

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In labs and fields, Plant Breeders develop new seed varieties with new traits and yields. Certified seed sales help develop new varieties.