Certified Seed

Iowa Crop Improvement Association is designated by the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as the official seed certifying agency in Iowa. This action is provided for in Chapter 177, Code of Iowa. The Association establishes and administers standards for certification and inspects the production of certified seed under these standards.

ICIA offers certification services to encourage the production of ample supplies of high quality seed of superior varieties grown and distributed under the most careful conditions to assure genetic identity and purity, to make known to the public the sources of such seed supplies, and to encourage the more general use of good seed.

Check out the Iowa Seed Directory for more information on the classes of certification.

Please contact us for more information on the seed certification process.