WYOMING SEED CERTIFICATION

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DESCRIPTION OF OUR PROGRAM AND SERVICES

The Wyoming Seed Certification Service is a function of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture. The authority for seed certification comes form the Wyoming Seed Law. The standards for the Wyoming Seed Certification Service are developed by the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) whose authority comes from the Federal Seed Law.

The function of the Wyoming Seed Certification Service is to inspect seed fields submitted for certification to determine if they meet the exiting standards. The information form the field inspection, plus results form the State Seed Lab and the Plant Disease Lab are reviewed by the Wyoming Seed Certification Service to determine if a lot of seed meets all standards. Seed lots meeting minimum standards are issued certified tags.

The Mission of the Wyoming Seed Certification Service is to make available to the seed growers of Wyoming, a quality seed certification program compatible with AOSCA and the state seed certification agencies and respond to the educational, research, and other service needs of the seed growers by coordinating the needed activities with members of Plant Sciences staff and faculty, other departments within the University of Wyoming and agencies outside the University of Wyoming.

The Wyoming Crop Improvement Association (WCIA) serves as an advisory board to the Wyoming Seed Certification Service. The WCIA is an organization of seed growers with a common interest in the Wyoming seed industry. The function of this organization is to advise the Wyoming Certification Service, distribute information concerning seed, promote certified seed and conduct and other business the members deem necessary for the betterment of the certified seed industry.

REPORT OF CROP ACRES APPLIED FOR CERTIFICATION 1998-2004

Crop	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Alfalfa	12,714	5,085	2,046	1,668	3,160	5,712	7,885	8,356
Berseem Clover	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	-
Ladino Clover	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	-
Red Clover	101	405	867	1,014	516	259	610	1,169
Barley	893	1,175	1,378	1,568	1,062	304	876	1,044
Grass	861	1,436	1,285	1,181	1,002	990	1,117	1,543
Proso Millet	65	212	0	0	230	454	274	132
Beans	4,351	3,559	6,332	7,579	5,003	10,319	7,938	6,770
Oats	262	343	333	299	227	70	248	166
Sainfoin	0	0	0	0	18	18	18	61
Native forbs and grasses							154
Trefoil	0	23	48	0	0	0	0	-
Spring Wheat	0	31	0	0	164	176	0	-
Winter Wheat	1,515	1,694	2,301	2,498	2,246	2,406	1,423	2,376
Milkvetch	14	14	14	34	34	34	34	24
Crownvetch	18	48	128	88	114	63	110	124
Sweetvetch	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	2
Total Acreage:	21,603	14,038	15,064	16,228	14,146	20,810	20,693	21,801
WCIA Members	167	149	120	113	106	116	118
(Growers)
WCIA Members	557	45	40	37	35	37	39
(Non-Growers)