Quality Assurance

Since its inception in 1947, Miller Seed Farms has specialized in certified and registered seed wheat. We offer a large range of varieties adaptable throughout the Central Plains. Our quality assurance goes above and beyond the minimum requirements for certification by the Kansas Crop Improvement Association (KCIA). We are committed to providing our customers with: Quality You Can Trust.

We purchase Foundation and Registered seed from reputable seed companies. That is the first important step in raising quality seed with varietal puriety and free from noxious weeds. Secondly, we take steps to plant only on "clean" ground that meets KCIA's requirements. Every wheat field is rogued for rye, other noxious weeds, and off-type plants. KCIA then conducts a field inspection to ensure that the wheat meets all the certification requirements. As the wheat comes in from the field, it will be sampled. When the wheat is cleaned, we take a representative sample for KCIA to test. KCIA will test for purity, germination, test weight, and seed size. Test results are printed on each seed certification label.

Another important issue is varietal purity. We throughly clean all drills, combines, grain handling equipment, bins, legs, augers, and cleaners between each variety. This ensures that there is no contamination from any other variety of seed.

Miller Seed Farms is a Category One Seed Conditioner. That means that we meet all requirements for conditioning certified seed. The wheat is first cleaned over a Clipper air screen cleaner to remove the chaff and smallest seed. It is then cleaned over an Oliver gravity table which uses gravity and air to separate the heaviest and best quality seed from the rest.