Resolution

WHEREAS current allowances in the Seeds Act for forage seed present a potential risk of introducing new weed species onto agricultural operations;

WHEREAS managing bio-security risk requires producers to be aware of the species and amounts of weed seeds present in the seed lot prior to purchase;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS work with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture to make it mandatory that seed purity declarations, specifying weed seed content, be provided to producers prior to the purchase of pedigreed forage seed.