California Crop Improvement Association

1. California Crop Improvement Association Executive Director’s Report – Larry R. Teuber Staff reports: Directors overview – Larry Teuber New Varieties (CTC) & Crop Standards report – Bob Stewart / Timothy Blank Organic program – Bob Simas Lab Accreditation / audit program – Mary Voorhees

2. California Crop Improvement Association Applications/Field inspections:

3. California Crop Improvement Association Applications/Field inspections: number All Crops Acres

4. California Crop Improvement Association Applications/Field inspections: No. of Applicatons Alfalfa acres

5. California Crop Improvement Association Applications/Field inspections: number Cotton acres

6. California Crop Improvement Association Applications& Acres Applied: number 2009 Grain acres

7. California Crop Improvement Association Applications/Field inspections: number Sunflower acres

8. California Crop Improvement Association Applications/Field inspections: No. of Applications Rice acres

9. California Crop Improvement Association Organic Certification Program Current Number of Clients = 80 - Crop Producers: 50 - Processing and Handling: 30 Location of Clients: USA California 61 Arizona 6 Oregon 6 Foreign China 1 Mexico 6 Revoked

10. California Crop Improvement Association Progress during the past year: • Review, Revise, and Document standards and proceedures - Crop Standards new and revised (Feb, May) … Continuing Update and document policies and proceedures … Continuing • Publish “Seed Notes” – ………............... Successful continuing 3X annually • Continue to upgrade and improve web application – ……… Yes/continuing • Remodel Conference room – ……………….………………………. Continuing • Establish audit and accreditation for seed laboratories – Recruiting • Hire additional office staff (Bookkeeper, Administrative assist.)

11. California Crop Improvement Association Progress during the past year: • Review, Revise, and Document standards and procedures - Crop Standards new and revised (5 Feb-08 , 3 Feb-09) … Continuing Update and document policies and procedures … Continuing • Publish “Seed Notes” – (next issue before May meeting)....... continuing 3X annually • Continue to upgrade and improve web application – ……… Yes/continuing • Remodel Conference room – ……………….………………………. Continuing • Establish audit and accreditation for seed laboratories – Recruiting • Hire additional office staff (Bookkeeper, Administrative assist.) • Hire new Field inspector

13. Teff - Eragrostisteff

14. Berseem Clover - Trifoliumalexandrinum

15. Turf Grass - Standards for vegetatively propagated or seeded turfgrass for vegetative production

16. CCIA Seed Test Data “Before anything else preparation is the key to success.” Mary Anne Voorhees Introduction Quality 2007 Data – Most recent complete year of data Quality Management Plan

18. Quality Management Philosophy • CCIA is a Quality Organization – QA for California Agriculture • TQM, The HP Way, ISO 9000, CH2M Hill • Quality Definitions • Features of products or services which meet customer needs and thereby provide customer satisfaction. • Freedom from deficiencies, freedom from errors that require doing work over again or that result in customer dissatisfaction. • Fitness for use. • Exceeding customer expectations.

19. Compliance • When the CCIA lab closed there was a 10% audit requirement • OECD • OECD SEED SCHEMES Appendix 8 – At least 5 % of the seed lots entered for official certification shall be check-tested by official seed testing. • OECD every lot needs a test sampled and tested from that lot. • Testing for varietal purity is a concern.

20. Audit Data • 2003 Audit slips for 62 audits • 48 with full data – 18 different crops • 4 failed • 3 Alfalfa with Dodder • 1 Well Ladino Clover with excess weeds • Misc of interest… • 1 Blanca Grande Wheat with red berry 20/lb • 2003 - 3% of tests were audited. • 2004 - less • 2005 - less • Response to failure – nothing.

21. Seed Labs supplying 1552 tests in 2007 • AB SEED LABORATORY, LLC • J. G. BOSWELL COMPANY • CALIFORNIA SEED AND PLANT LAB INC. • CAL/WEST SEEDS • DAIRYLAND SEED COMPANY • GERMAIN'S LAB • HULSEY SEED LABORATORY INC. • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY • MICHIGAN CROP IMPROVEMENT • MILLER & MILLER & ASSOCIATES • MISSISSIPPI STATE SEED TESTING LABORATORY • PIONEER HI-BRED PRODUCTION LTD. • PURE SEED TESTING INC. • SGS MID-WEST SEED SERVICES INC. • SYNGENTA SEEDS INC. • USDA • WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE • NORCROSS, GEORGIA • HOMEDALE, IDAHO • DECATUR, GEORGIA • AMES, IOWA • OKEMOS, MICHIGAN • MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI • CHATHAM, ONTARIO CANADA • HUBBARD, OREGON • BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA • NAMPA, IDAHO • GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA • YAKIMA, WASHINGTON

22. 2007 crops • Sunflower 537 • Alfalfa 358 • Rice 158 • Sudangrass 88 • Bermuda grass 81 • Wheat 58 • Upland Cotton 56 • White Clover 30 • Durum Wheat 28 • Safflower 21 • Cowpea 19 • Sudangrass Hybrid 18 • Bean Kidney 17 • Triticale 17 • Asparagus 15 • Pima Cotton 12 • Oat 11 • Bean Lima 6 • Bean Black 5 • Bean Cranberry 4 • Barley 3 • Bean Pink 2 • Bean Yellow 2 • Clover Berseem 2 • Bean Garbanzo 1 • Spring Rye 1 • Watermelon 1 • Wild Rice 1

23. Information by Seed Lab

24. Information by Crop

25. Timeline – 3 phase • Phase1 catch up • Development of Audit and Accreditation Plan • Database up and running • 2008 crop year audit; done July 2009 • Phase 2 • 2009 crop year audit • Work with conditioner and seed labs to define the process • Visit seed labs and collect samples for testing • Phase 3 • Procedures in place for 2010 crop year • Information that we receive and information that we provide is accurate and complete

26. The End • Thank you for your consideration. • Questions? • Comments? • Concerns?