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     Crop Certification Regulations (Circular 6)









The Canadian Regulations and Procedures for Pedigreed Seed Crop Production manual, also known as Circular 6, contains all of CSGA’s regulations to produce pedigreed seed crops in Canada. Growers wishing to produce pedigreed seed should study these regulations and plan their operations to comply with them. If there are questions as to correct procedures, the grower should contact the CSGA for clarification. The individual sections of Circular 6 are available below for download in PDF format. Circular 6 is also available on CD-ROM by contacting the CSGA office.

Regulations Changes in Circular 6 are Effective in 2010

Changes have been made in the CSGA Regulations and Procedures for Pedigreed Seed Crop Production (Circular 6), effective in 2010, and can be viewed by downloading the following Notice of Changes. To update your hard copy of Circular 6, download and print the Circular 6 replacement pages. All the Circular 6 sections below contain all edits and updates made to the regulations since the last Circular 6 was published. 

Regulation changes made to Circular 6 in previous years can be viewed in the following Notices of Changes.

Circular 6: Canadian Regulations and Procedures for Pedigreed Seed Crop Production
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