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Welcome to the "Seed Quality Information" Soybean Answers area. You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions in "FAQs". To ask a specific question, click the "Ask a Question" button in the FAQ area. Questions asked before February 1999 are available in the "Archive" area. More information about the expert is provided below.

Greeting from the Expert

Welcome to the Seed Quality Information resource within Stratsoy. My name is Dennis Thompson and I serve as manager of Illinois Crop Improvement Association, Inc. which is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Our organization (ICIA) is the unbiased authority for seed certification and grain quality analysis in Illinois. Operating as an independent, not-for-profit organization, ICIA enhances the value of seed and crops through five different programs: the Certification Program, the Quality Assurance Program, the Identity Preserved Grain Laboratory, the Puerto Rico Winter Farm and the ICIA Greenhouse.

My agronomic background is strongest in crop production areas related to corn, soybeans, wheat, oats and forage grasses and legumes grown under midwestern U.S. conditions. In the event you have seed and/or grain quality questions upon which you think I may shed light, you are most welcome to contact me through Stratsoy.

Dennis Thompson

Illinois Crop Improvement Association
3105 Research Rd., P.O. Box 9013
Champaign, IL 61826-9013
Phone: 217-359-4053
Fax: 217-359-4075
Email: ilcrop@ilcrop.com
Web site: http://www.ilcrop.com/

Employment

University of Illinois Cooperative Extension---1972-81 and 1982-96

  • Extension Adviser, Agriculture
  • Extension Unit Leader
  • Extension Agronomy Specialist, Pesticide Applicator Training

Land of Lincoln Soybean Association---1981-82

  • Director of Field Services

Illinois Crop Improvement Association 1996-present

  • Associate Manager -Manager

International Ag Consultancies

  1. Research Extension Liaison Officer Zambia, Africa (1985)
  2. Agriculture Extension Education Pakistan (1993)

Affiliations

Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies
Certified Professional Agronomist (ARCPACS)
American Society of Agronomy

Education

B.S. Animal Industries - Southern Illinois University
M.S. Agricultural Education and Mechanization - Southern Illinois University
PhD Education - University of Illinois

Areas of Expertise

Crop Production
Seed Certification
Quality Assurance
Seed Quality
Purity-mechanical & varietal
Warm germination & other seed tests
Grain quality testing-protein, oil, starch, fiber, tofu & food
grade corn testing.