10 ORGANIC VIKING CORN
Viking Corn and Our Commitment to Seed Purity
At Albert Lea Seed , we know how important seed purity can be to you .
We know that if you don ’ t start with clean seed , you can ’ t meet the demands of some grain buyers who are requiring grain that is nearly free of the adventitious presence of GE ( Genetic Engineering ) or GMOs ( Genetically Modified Organisms ). In accordance with the National Organic Program ( NOP ), we have a rigorous organic system plan in place to prevent the GE or GMO contamination of all of our organic seed corn production .
These are the steps we have taken :
1 Committed significant resources to the testing and development of new inbred corn lines specifically to produce organic hybrids
2 Tested all inbred corn seed for the presence of GMOs
3 Contracted the production of organic hybrid corn seed with experienced organic seed growers who do not have “ parallel ” production of GMO hybrids
4 Isolated organic seed corn production fields geographically
5 Isolated organic seed corn production fields by timing the pollination to not coincide with regular field corn pollination in the area
6 Walked and rogued ( removed ) off-type plants from seed production fields
7 All handling equipment and transportation must be dedicated for organic or non-GMO production
8 Processed the organic seed corn in plants dedicated to organic and non-GMO seed corn production
9 Tested the resulting hybrid seed for the presence of GMOs
Viking Organic PURE & ULTRA PURE
Hybrids NEW !
For those of you needing a purity guarantee on your organic seed corn , Viking is launching two new labels which , through production and testing , will guarantee the purity of the seed you are planting . Viking seed corn not carrying either of these labels will not have a stated purity guarantee .
VIKING
ORGANIC SEED CORN NON-GMO PURITY LEVELS
VIKING PURE
Guaranteed to be at a premium level of purity .
VIKING
ULTRA
Guaranteed to be the highest possible level of purity .
Bred and selected for exceptional performance under organic conditions . We produce all this hybrid seed under an organic system plan that combines isolation , dedicated equipment and transportation , and thorough GMO testing .
PURE
Organic Non-GMO Seed Corn Organic Non-GMO Seed Corn Organic Non-GMO Seed Corn
Additional stringent testing guarantees that these hybrids meet the premium purity level .
Specially produced in a GMO-Free agricultural zone that eliminates the potential for cross-contamination . Stringent testing guarantees the seed to be 99.9 % free of GMOs .
99 % 99.9 %
Free of GMOs
Free of GMOs
Viking organic hybrid seed corn that is not labeled as PURE or ULTRA PURE does not have guaranteed seed purity .
The purity guarantee on Viking PURE and ULTRA PURE hybrids applies only to the seed in the bag . The plants which grow from these seeds can be cross-pollinated by neighboring fields . Therefore we can make no guarantee about the purity of the grain produced from these hybrids .