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Grass Committee Meeting
Agenda & Meeting Report
Asheville, North Carolina
Monday, June 23, 2014
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Chair
Doug Boze
Vice Chair
Dennis Lundeen
1)
Call to Order – The meeting was called to order by chairman Doug Boze at 1:45pm June
23rd, 2014.
2)
Introductions / roll call / distribute sign-in sheet –
a. Introductions were made by each attendee at the meeting. Roll call was
completed and the sign-up sheet distributed for all attendees to sign.
3)
Review AOSCA anti-trust compliance policy
a. Reviewed per requirement.
4)
Review & adopt agenda
a. Agenda accepted by unanimous vote in favor.
5)
Approve minutes from 2013 meeting, #14_AM_GS_02
a. A motion to accept the minutes as written passed by unanimous vote in favor.
6)
Council Standards Change Doc – Standards change: warm season turfgrass, off-types,
other crops (Auman)
a. Dustin Auman of North Carolina Crop Improvement Association presented a
proposed change to the “Warm Season Vegetativiely Propagated Turf Grass
Certification Standards” to more fairly represent the number of off-types/othervarieties across the warm season species of Zoysia,Centipede, and St.
Augustine grass.
7)
Fluorescence Testing for Purity Determination of Ryegrasses (Lundeen)
a. Dennis Lundeen presented a powerpoint developed by Dan Curry and Sharon
Davidson on behalf of Pacific Northwest seed laboratories. with regard to a
proposed change in seed test reporting for annual and perennial ryegrass.
b. Randy Preater noted that they do not use the fluorescence test for certification in
Canada, and use other post-control methods to determine annual from perennial.
c. Ben Lang noted that many Minnesota growers have concerns about the current
reporting metod, as “annual ryegrass” shows in their test reports, but it has never
been produced in the state.
d. Fawad Shah suggested to make certain there is support from a wide crosssection of the grass seed industry while this program is being developed. He
also noted that the Federal Seed Act is about “Truth in Labeling”, and if the
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change reflects the “truth” better than current methods, then a change could be
possible.
8)
Other business
a. No other business conducted
9)
Action Items
a. Motion to accept the standards as proposed and move the request forward to the
Council meeting. Motion passed by a unanimous vote in favor.
b. Motion was made that the AOSCA Standards Council send a letter of support to
AOSA/SCST regarding proposed changes in reporting of fluorescence testing,
and a request for further review of reporting methods and additional industry
review and support prior to adoption be completed.
10) Adjourn
a. Chairman Doug Boze adjourned the meeting at 2:38pm on June 23rd, 2014.
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