Engineering Your Farm

Seed Conditioning: The Science Behind High Quality Seed

May 09, 2022 Field Agricultural Engineers Episode 18
Engineering Your Farm
Seed Conditioning: The Science Behind High Quality Seed
Show Notes

Seed conditioning encompasses a critical and underappreciated set of processes and technologies to ensure that we have viable high-quality seed to plant. In this episode, we sit down with  Alan Gaul, a Seed Conditioning Specialist with the Seed Science Center at Iowa State University. The discussion covers both the history and current industry trends in seed conditioning, as well as some of the processes involved in conditioning seed. We also discuss the many educational opportunities and services  available through the Seed Science Center and Seed Lab at Iowa State University.