A seed conditioning clinic and trade show is being planned for February 7-8, 2007, at the Holiday Inn in Salina. 

The program will be directed toward several angles of the industry, with presentations addressing management issues along with practical seed equipment and handling methods. The program aims to attract a wide audience—not only those who own and manage seed conditioning facilities, but also employees who may be new to the industry or in need of training.

Seed conditioners from a four-state area—Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma—are expected to attend the clinic. Kansas Crop Improvement Association (KCIA) is organizing the event.

“I think we’ll have a good program this year, but I also think these clinics are valuable because of the chance they give for people to get together and exchange ideas,” said KCIA inspections manager Steve Schuler.

The seed clinic will be accompanied by a seed industry trade show that will feature the latest products and services in seed conditioning. Shelbourne Reynolds, Oliver Manufacturing, Syngenta, USC LLC, Boettcher Enterprises, Kansas Farmers Service Association, Great Plains Manufacturing, Bratney Companies, and EBM Mill & Elevator Supply are among the companies that will participate in the show.

The seed clinic and trade show will accompany the annual meetings of KCIA and the Kansas Seed Industry Association (KSIA).

For more information, call KCIA membership services specialist Alana McGough at 785-532-6118 or send an e-mail to apkcia@kansas.net. A registration form will soon be available for download from KCIA’s home page, www.kscrop.org.

Kansas Crop Improvement Association is the official seed certifying agency in the state of Kansas. KCIA is a non-profit organization of hundreds of seed growers governed and supported exclusively by the growers themselves.

KCIA creates the opportunity for members to participate in integrity-based programs that provide superior seed and plant products by utilizing research, education, certification, and uniform standards that result in safe, stable, secure seedstock supply.