Apply to Grow Certified Seed
The application and certification procedures are done online. You will need to know your login and password. If you do not have this information please call CCIA at 530-752-0544. First time company users will need to be added to our database.
To begin an application, use the 'Members Login' link on the home page and login with your email address and self-selected password. A tutorial is available on this page to help you navigate the online form.
Please contact Timothy Blank at 530-754-4854 (tjblank@ucdavis.edu) or Katy Soden at 530-752-6979 (krsoden@ucdavis.edu) if you have any problems with the procedure.
Tutorials available as pdf:
Application Fees - Effective March 1, 2024
The minimum application fee is $125.00 for all crops. The application fees are as follows:
| Corn | $11.00/acre |
| Cotton | $8.00/acre |
Hemp - minimum application fee $500
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| Potato - minimum fee $125 | $100.00/acre |
| Rice - certified | $5.50/acre |
| Rice - foundation and registered | $7.00/acre |
| Sunflower | $10.00/acre |
| Turfgrass - minimum fee $125 | $90.00/acre |
| Watermelon | $8.00/acre |
| All Other Crops | $5.50/acre |
Applications submitted after the due dates stated in the individual crop standards will be assessed a $125.00 late fee.
Incomplete applications will be assessed a $62.50 late fee.
Cancelled applications will be assessed a $125.00 fee.
Application Due Dates
Late fees will be assessed on applications submitted after the dates listed below.
Download "Dates for late Fee Calculation" for a list of planting dates and calculated late dates. For leap years add one day for February 29.
| Applications due 3 weeks after planting. Crop planted on January 1 - Application would be assessed late fees if submitted after January 22. | Applications due 6 weeks after planting. Crop planted on January 1 - Application would be assessed late fees if submitted after February 11. | Applications due 8 weeks after planting. Crop planted on January 1 - Application would be assessed late fees if submitted after February 26. |
| Artichoke Bean Lima Bean Canola (Rape) Chickpea (Garbanzo) Corn Cowpea (Blackeyes) Hemp Native seed crops Safflower Sorghum Sudangrass Sunflower Watermelon | Potato | Alfalfa Asparagus Bermudagrass Field pea Flax (Linola) Clovers Cotton Grain (Barley, Wheat, Oat, Triticale) Rice Wild Rice |