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Newsletter - Seed Notes

• October 2009
• April 2009
• October 2008
• March 2008
• December 2007
• August 2007

News Items

• September 2009 Research fees were adjusted at the September CCIA Board of Directors meeting for alfalfa and small grains. View the entire Fee Schedule.
  - Alfalfa research fees changed from $.20 to $.25/cwt
  - Small grains research fees changed from $.17 to $.22/cwt
  
  
• July 2009 Robert J. Simas retires from CCIA after 19 years of service.
  
  
• February 2009 Three new crop standards have been added and can be viewed on the Seed Certification web page:
  - Clover, Berseem
  - Teff
  - Turfgrass
  
  All crop standards were updated with the addition of the following statement in the "Weeds" section:
  Prohibited and Restricted noxious weeds are listed in the California Seed Law/CA Code of Regulations/Sections 3854 and 3855.
  
  
• January 2009 Variety amendment acceptance.
  Amendments to variety descriptions, including variant tolerance, have in the past been approved without formal review or consideration by the original certification authority. Effective immediately, CCIA will require that the certification agency or review board that originally approved the variety accept the amendment before CCIA will recognize the amendment. If the variety was approved through CCIA’s Certification Technical Committee (CTC), the amendment and supporting experimental data must be submitted to CCIA/CTC for review. The CTC will determine if the changes are substantiated and make a recommendation to the CCIA Board of Directors that the amendment be accepted. For example, variant tolerance amendments must provide credible data to support the request changing the frequency of variants from what was reported in the original variety described. Read the entire notice as a pdf: Variety amendment acceptance letter.



• February 2008 There have been updates to the following standards.
  

Corn standards	Print version (pdf)
Hybrid Corn standards	Print version (pdf)
Flax standards	Print version (pdf)
Rape standards	Print version (pdf)
Hybrid Rape standards	Print version (pdf)



• September 2007 There have been updates to the rice standards.
  Rice standards. Print version (pdf)
  
  
• May 2007 There have been updates to the cotton standards.
  Cotton standards. Print version (pdf)
  
  
• September 2006
  Rice Industry and Grower Members - Information on Red Rice found in California (PDF)
  
  
• September 2006
  CCIA Re-Organization Information - Larry Teuber appointed as new Executive Director (PDF)