Certified
wheat, oats, barley and rye may be sold in bulk by the grower or by an Approved
Conditioner. Certification
procedures and standards are the same as those for bagged seed.
The grower issues a “PVP Form” along with a tag showing the crop,
variety, registration lot number, class of seed, quantity of seed sold, and date
of sale for each sale of seed.
The
Approved Conditioner issues an “ PVP Form" along with a tag with each
sale of seed. This certificate must
contain the same information regarding the seed as is provided on the “PVP
Form”.
In both instances, a certification tag and PVP form must be
furnished to the purchaser with each seed sale.
Registered
and Certified Seed of wheat, oats, barley, rye and triticale may be sold in bulk
under the following standards:
A.
All field and seed standards
applying to bagged seed shall also apply to bulk certified seed.
B.
Registered and Certified Seed
may be sold in bulk only by the applicant producer or by an approved
conditioner. A maximum of two sales is permitted.
1.
One sale is from the applicant
producer to an approved conditioner or to the grower.
2.
The second sale is from the
approved conditioner of a. (above) to the grower.
C.
A retail seed facility must be
an Approved Conditioner before they can handle certified seed in bulk. Such a
facility may be a part of a seed conditioning plant or may be approved only for
handling bulk certified seed. Before approval, all procedures for receiving,
storing, dispensing, and record keeping must be inspected. The applicant must
demonstrate acceptable procedures for maintaining purity and identity of bulk
certified seed.
D.
It is the seller’s
responsibility to:
1.
Handle seed in a manner to
prevent mixtures or contamination.
2.
Supply seed that is
representative of the seed tested and approved for certification.
3.
See that all bins, augers,
conveyors, and other equipment are adequately cleaned before handling certified
seed.
4.
Determine that the vehicle
receiving bulk certified seed is clean. If it is not clean, note information on
the bill of sale or transfer certificate.
5.
Keep a sample of each load of
bulk certified seed sold.
E.
It is the buyer’s
responsibility to maintain purity of the seed after it has been loaded into the
buyer’s vehicle.
F.
Certification tags are not
issued for seed sold in bulk. The following documentation must follow the seed:
1.
For sale from an applicant
producer to grower (one sale).
a.
A completed and signed copy of
the “PVP Form”.
b.
An analysis tag attached to
the PVP Form.
2.
For sales from applicant
producer to an approved conditioner to grower (two sales).
a.
A completed PVP Form ( tag
attached)
b.
A copy of the “Report of
Seed Analysis”.
c.
A copy of a receipt completed
and signed by the approved conditioner. This receipt must identify the purchaser
(grower), the variety and crop, the quantity of seed, and the registration lot
number.
G.
Storage and handling
facilities must be inspected annually.
1.
All bins, augers, conveyors,
and other equipment must be cleaned before storage or handling of certified
seed.
2.
A separate bin must be
available for each variety that will be sold in bulk.
3.
A bin must be reinspected
before changing to another variety.
4.
All bins must be clearly and
prominently marked to show crop and variety.
5.
All bin openings must be
closed to prevent contamination except when seed is being put into or removed
from the bin.
H.
The following records must be
maintained by the applicant producer (seed grower):
1.
Amount of seed grown and
conditioned for bulk sale.
2.
Copies of the “PVP Forms”.
3.
A current inventory of seed of
each variety available for sale.
I.
The following records must be
maintained by the approved conditioner:
1.
Amount of seed purchased and
conditioned for bulk sale.
2.
Copies of receipts required in
F2c above.
3.
A
current inventory of seed of each variety available for sale.