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Your Data Doesn’t End at the Lab, It Shows Up in the Field

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By Jessica Blake
| Seed World Verified
In seed testing, most decisions are made from a single number. Germination percentage. A clean, simple metric that tells you how many seeds produced normal seedlings under ideal conditions. It’s necessary. It’s standardized. And it’s often treated as the final word. But in the field, performance is rarely that simple. The first year, the rye stand didn’t look right. Not a complete failure. Just uneven. Thin in places. Slower to establish than expected.
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A Real and Profitable Need: Your Path to Becoming a Registered Seed Technologist

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By Jessica Blake
| Seed World Verified
You’re early in your career, motivated, and looking for something more than just a job. You want a profession, one that offers stability, respect, and long-term opportunity. Across the seed industry, a quiet challenge is emerging: the number of trained seed technologists is declining, while demand continues to grow. I’ve spent my career in seed testing, and I can say without hesitation that becoming a Registered Seed Technologist (RST) opens doors.
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Inside the Busy Season: What Farmers and Seed Companies Need to Know About Seed Quality Testing

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By Jessica Blake
| Seed World Verified
As harvest winds down, the pace in our Seed Quality Testing Lab ramps up. Every fall, corn and soybean samples flood in as companies and farmers prepare for spring planting. The results we generate influence everything from seed marketing strategies to field performance, which is why accuracy, consistency, and communication are critical this time of year.
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