NZGSTA Newsletter December 2019 January 2020 · Total cert seed 39,007 100.0 MPI consultations – Pelleted seed MPI has commenced consultations with the industry on a draft risk

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NZGSTA Newsletter OctoberNovember 2019

NZGSTA Newsletter December 2019 January 2020

This newsletter covers the following items of interest

Seed Certification Information System FundingAIMI Survey ndash CerealsAQ Seed certification statsMPI consultations ndash Pelleted seedMPI consultations ndash Proposed measures for pospiviroids on known seed hostsSeeds Exports GrowingVEGETABLE SEED BUSINESS GROUPVIP visit to CanterburyConference 2019 reportVegetable Code of PracticeNZGSTA submission on the Essential Freshwater reviewICPR ChangesGrains amp Pulses forum 2020NZGSTA Conference 2020 ndash QueenstownNostalgia ndash back in the daySeeds of SuccessNZGSTA Executive Schedule of Meetings 2020

President George Gerard

027 447 4807

Vice President Evan Johnston

027 333 3480

Chair Forage amp Turf Business Group Callum Davidson

027 648 8935

Chair Vegetable Seed Business Group Charlotte Connoley

021 301 677

Chair Grains amp Pulses Business Group Peter Burton

027 444 5122

Chair Services to Seeds Business Group Evan Johnston

027 333 3480

General Councillors

Tom Sherratt

Mark Johnson

Michael Hales

027 538 2676

027 440 4839

021 827 063



General Manager

Thomas Chin 021 679 989

Administration

Tricia Radford 027 478 3508

Seed Certification Information System Funding

As per the paper released to NZGSTA members in September on the businesscase for the new Seed Certification database the SQMA is intending to apply afee increase on labels and a per kilo industry contribution This is to cover thefunding gap and contingencies in the Project budget It is desired that theseincreases are implemented in time to capture revenue from this comingharvest It is proposed that charges will be increased using two specificrevenue streams being labels and a contribution per kilo on proprietarycultivars This is so that costs are equally shared by both growers and seedcompanies

Analysis is being completed now based on the forecast harvest volumes for thisseason to calculate exactly the breakdown of costs foreach revenue streamThe target is to raise an additional $300000 to both complete the funding of thesoftware development and as a contingency for cost over runs

Initial estimates are that this could be about a 7c per label fee and 08ckgmachine dressed contribution on proprietary cultivars As soon as actualcostings are completed affected members will be advised If you have anyquestions about this intention please contact your president or vice presidentor the chair of SQMA Brent Sterling

AIMI Survey ndash Cereals

The latest Arable Industry Marketing Initiative (AIMI) survey reporting the sizeof the 2019 NZ harvest of the 6 key cereal crops as at October 2019 found

middot Milling wheat Total tonnage of 74500t was up 14 compared to lastyearrsquos harvest 65000t

middot Feed wheat Estimated total tonnage 310600 t was up 13 comparedto 306000 t

middot Feed barley Estimated total tonnage 304800 t was down 05compared to 306500 t

middot Malting barley Total tonnage of 75000 t was up by 27 compared to73000 t



middot Milling oats Total tonnage of 26500 t was up by 39 compared to19000 t

middot Feed oats Total tonnage of 9000 t was up by 60 compared to 5600 t

The total crop harvest tonnage in 2019 of 800000 t was up 32 compared to775000 t in 2018

The total area under crop in 2019 of 102000 h was similar to last year

AQ Seed certification statsAsureQUALITY has released its interim certification statistics for the 201920season The top 10 certified crop types were as follows

Crop Hectares share

1PerennialRyegrass

15118 388

2 White clover 7009 1803 Italian ryegrass 3645 934 Cocksfoot 2126 555 Hybrid ryegrass 2076 536 Red clover 1219 317 Tall fescue 1007 268 Fodder radish 830 219 Barley 810 21

10 Other 5167 132 Total cert seed 39007 1000

MPI consultations ndash Pelleted seedMPI has commenced consultations with the industry on a draft riskmanagement proposal associated with imported pelleted seeds for sowing Theproposals concern pelleted fodder beet seed vegetable seed (and flowersseed) their source countries sampling methods and sample sizes shows howMPI intends to manage those risks In the New Year MPI will initiate a formal public consultation on the importhealth standard which will describe requirements that will need to be met inorder for consignments of pelleted seeds to be considered for biosecurityclearance All stakeholders will be invited to make submissions over a 4-weekperiod MPI consultations ndash Proposed measures for pospiviroids on known seed



hostsMPI is currently assessing the risk of specific pospiviroids on known hosts onthe seeds for sowing and nursery stock pathway Pospiviroids are a) seed transmitted b) spread by mechanical means (humanand insect activities) c) spread via contaminated equipment or vegetativematerial (ie whole plants cuttings tubers and tissue culture) The specific known hosts in the seeds for sowing pathway areBrunfelsia undulata Brugmansia spp Capsicum spp Gloxinia sppNematanthus wettsteinii Petunia spp Solanum lycopersicum S melongenaVerbena spp and Vinca minor MPI will propose specific measures on these hosts via public consultation toreduce the likelihood of introducing Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd)Tomato planta macho viroid (TPMVd) and Columnea latent viroid (CLVd) intoNew Zealand on the seed pathway A pre-consultation meeting will beorganized prior to the document be made public

Seeds Export Growing

According to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPIs) December 2019 editionof the Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries arable seed exports areforecast to rise 17 per cent to $280m by 2020 Export revenue from Vegetable seed will grow the fastest at 20 followedby ldquoClover amp legume seedrdquo at 25 Currently Vegetable seed accounts for 38 of total export turnover ryegrass at21 and cloverlegume seed at 9 Other grains and seed has 25 share

Exportrevenue

JuneYear2019

2020Forecast

Vegetable seed 87 105

Ryegrass seed 60 60



Cloverlegumeseed

20 25

Other grains ampseeds

69 70

Total Seed $m 238 280

VEGETABLE SEED BUSINESS GROUP - December 2019Charlotte Connoley ndash Chairperson EXPORT Brassica Seed to China there is no further update

Members have been informed about changes to requirements forimportation of Brassica rapa in Australia

IMPORT Dr Rose Souza-Richards has been appointed as Seed Health Manager withISF to begin 1 March 2020 This will likely disrupt the momentum andcommunication with which we have been working with MPI on their currentwork program

Pre-consultation is underway with MPI on the draft RMP and proposedchanges to the IHS for pelleted seed Members were advised of theproposed changes in an email 5 December and data in relation toimports of pelleted seed was requested to assist with our feedback toMPI As of writing discussion is ongoing with MPIBean Seed ndash Regulated pathogen list revision (see July 2019 minutes forfurther background)

M Leader has drafted a request for changes to the IHS for bean seed in light ofnew information completed by ISF in respect of regulated pathogens on beanseed In addition also the removal of the specifications on country of origin ofseed provided the requirements of the standard can be met

MPI still have a number of schedules on their work program for reviewThese include

Pelleted Seed ndash As aboveApiaceae ndash Plant Germplasm (Imports) team at MPI is awaitinginformation from the Risk Assessment team in relation to any newinformation that may complement the previous Risk AssessmentcompletedCucumis - a Risk Assessment has been completed for Cucumis due tothe emerging risk posed by Melon Necrotic Spot Virus MPI would beseeking public consultation in relation to this



Small seed lots - a review of small seed lots will occur once work on thepelleted seed schedule is completed

TRAINING amp DEVELOPMENT Request for expressions of interest for a Seed Technology course proposed tobe held at Massey University in 2020 Proposed course would be tailored toparticipant requirements and would be over two days one night to minimisedisruption to businesses Please email charlottespsnzcom to register yourinterest CODE OF PRACTICE To date we have three accredited members who have successfully completedaudit

A ldquoQuality Markrdquo and Accreditation Certificate have been developed foruse by accredited membersThe focus for the committee moving forward will centre around gettingmore members accredited terms of reference around application and useof the Quality Mark by accredited members and promotion of the COPand Quality Mark

WORK IN PROGRESS Seed Treatments - a working group has been created to review the list ofApproved Treatments for vegetable seed that currently form part of the IHSThe working group consists of C Connoley (SPS) D Potter (Syngenta) MLeader (Bayer) and A Culley (Seed amp Field)

Seed Importation workshop to be held inaround Auckland in the NewYear coordinated by Evan Johnston Details TBA

VIP visit to Canterbury



On 11 December the Association hosted diplomats from Pakistan and officialsfrom MPI EPA and MFAT The VIPs visiting Christchurch met with industrymembers involved with pea seed exports to the sub-continent and otherinternational markets In a specially arranged field trip the delegation visited apea seed breeding facility met with growers received a presentation on qualityfield practices and processes and saw a state of the art seed cleaning andprocessing site

Conference 2019 report

The NZGSTA held its 101st annual conference over 23-24 October at theNovotel Hotel in Rotorua The event brought together 102 delegates and 8 exhibitors were representedOver the 2 days there were 6 speaker presentations which included ProfessorPaul Spoonley who discussed ldquoA new rural demography trends andChallenges The Association also hosted four business group meetings socialevents gala dinner and a post-Conference field trip to Scion and a localblueberry farm Vegetable code of practiceFollowing on from the adoption of the Code of Practice for Vegetable Seed forSowing at the Brisbane conference in 2016 the audit component wasdeveloped and became effective late 2018 Since then 3 companies havesuccessfully undergone audit and have become accredited with several othercompanies currently looking into this also Feedback from members who haveundergone the audit has been positive with good levels of compliance acrosscritical points Development of a quality mark has been established andpromotion of this will be the next stage once a critical mass of accreditedmembers is obtained



NZGSTA submission on the Essential Freshwater reviewIn October the Association (jointly with the NZPBRA and the SQMA) submittedcomments in response to the Request for submissions by the Ministry for theEnvironment on its Essential Freshwater discussion document Amongst other views the Association commented that ldquoThe on-going and future viability of the NZ arable industry including the seedand food production sectors must be built on continuing access to suitablecropping land and availability of freshwater It also requires a successful andsustainable pastoral (livestock) industry In the alternative there is a probabilitythat local high value specialist seed production will be at risk and becomepotentially unfeasible and be forced to relocate off-shore Moreover anyreduction in arable production will undermine our growers and likely causedamage to regional NZ and the wider economyrdquo A copy of the submission is available on request fromtriciaradfordseedindustrynzconz

ICPR changesThe following importing countrys phytosanitary requirements (ICPR) for plantproducts has been updated with the following changes USAA new protocol effective December 2020 requires seed imports to beunloaded and quarantined at centralised exam station near the port of entrythen tested and reloaded for shipping to Oregon warehouses The change is because US Customs and Border Protection inspectors nolonger want to incur the cost of traveling to about 20 Oregon warehouses ayear and also because they want to visually inspect containers as theyrsquoreopened ArgentinaArgentina has added new additional declaration (AD) requirements whenexporting seeds of celery carrot fennel and parsley as followsldquoThe consignment was found free according to the result of the test by the PCRmethod (with a representative sample of 10000 seeds) from CandidatusLiberibacter solanacearumrdquoOR ldquoThe consignment was subjected to hot water treatment (temperature of 50degC



for at least 20 minutes) and was found free from Candidatus Liberibactersolanacearumrdquo PeruNew additional declarations and treatment requirements for ryegrass seeds

1 The seeds come from places of production or seedbed registered by theNational Organization of Phytosanitary Protection of the country of origin

2 The seeds come from mother plants that have been inspected andevaluated by analytical techniques and are free of Pseudomonassyringae pv syringae Xanthomonas translucens pv graminis and Loliumperenne partitivirus (Indicate the diagnostic technique used for eachpest)

The seeds are free from Fusarium poae Monographella nivalis PyronophoradictyoidesGloeotinia temulenta Pyrenophora lolii Tilletia walkeri Anguina agrostisAlopecurusmyosuroides Anthemis cotula Bromus diandrus subsp rigidus Bromussterilis Carduus nutansEchium plantagineum Phalaris paradoxa Polygonum hydropiper andPolygonum lapathifolium(Corroborated by laboratory analysis) -Pre-shipment treatment withImazalil at 80 mg ai per kg seed amp triadimenol at 220 mg ai per kg seedAny other equivalent action products

3 A new import condition on the containers which states

The containers will be new and first-use closed and resistant to handling freeof material foreign to the product duly labeled with the name of the product andthe exporter and the origin AustraliaNew requirements for Brassica rapa Eruca vesicaria and Raphanus sativusseeds for human consumption (effective 5 December 2019) These changesare being made due to the possible introduction of seed borne fungiColletotrichum higginsianum and Fusarium oxysporum f sp raphani



Seed of Brassica rapa Eruca vesicaria and Raphanus sativus will need toundergo one of the following measures prior to release from biosecuritycontrol

moist heat treatment at 85degC for 48 hours at 50 humidity or 95degC for 24hours at 50 humidityprocessing at an approved arrangement sitegermination testing to confirm that the seed is not viable

New requirements for Brassica rapa Eruca vesicaria and Raphanus sativusseeds for sowing (effective 5 Decemeber 2019) These changes are beingmade due to the possible introduction of seed borne fungi Colletotrichumhigginsianum and Fusarium oxysporum f sp raphani

For Brassica rapa seed must be treated with one of the following optionsTreatment with a broad spectrum fungicide such as ThiramDry heat at 70degC for 90 minutesHot water at 53degC for 10 minutesHot water at 50degC for 20 minutes

For Eruca vesicaria and Raphanus sativus seed must be treated with abroad spectrum fungicide such as Thiram

UPCOMING EVENT Grains amp Pulses forum 2020 ndash June 2020Come join us at the Associationrsquos Grains amp Pulses forum to be held June 2020 The popular forum will feature experts and speakers relevant to the grains andpulses sector The Forum is will be of interest to breeders growers millers bakers maltstersfood processors grain marketers and seed companies and their guests More details in our next newsletter UPCOMING EVENT NZGSTA Conference 2020 ndash QueenstownThe Association has commenced work in seeking a venue for our 102ndAnnual Conference to be held in Queenstown on October 21-22 2020 Our Annual Conference Committee is putting together a program full ofspeakers information business group meetings gala dinner and field tripCheck our next newsletter for more details



Nostalgia ndash Back in the day

Vincent Luisetti at the wheel of a 1907 Spyker believed to be the New ZealandGrain amp Seed Trades first company car

Seeds of Success - a History of the Association

Seeds of Successrdquo (now discounted) ndash a history of the Association written byDave McKinnon is available for purchase from the Association You can place orders on the NZGSTA site from $2000 per book The book is ideal as a gift to domestic and overseas customers and foranyone interested in the history of the trade

Meeting Schedule of NZGSTA Executive Council for 2020to be held at the Seed Industry Office unless otherwise stated

9am 14th January 2020 in ChCh



9am 17 March 2020 in ChCh9am 19 May 2020 in ChCh9am 21 July 2020 in Welllington9am 20 Oct 2020 in Queenstown

Please advise Thomas Chin of any matters you wish to have discussed at a meeting

Phone 03 349 8430Email thomaschinseedindustrynzconz

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General Manager

Thomas Chin 021 679 989

Administration

Tricia Radford 027 478 3508

Seed Certification Information System Funding

As per the paper released to NZGSTA members in September on the businesscase for the new Seed Certification database the SQMA is intending to apply afee increase on labels and a per kilo industry contribution This is to cover thefunding gap and contingencies in the Project budget It is desired that theseincreases are implemented in time to capture revenue from this comingharvest It is proposed that charges will be increased using two specificrevenue streams being labels and a contribution per kilo on proprietarycultivars This is so that costs are equally shared by both growers and seedcompanies

Analysis is being completed now based on the forecast harvest volumes for thisseason to calculate exactly the breakdown of costs foreach revenue streamThe target is to raise an additional $300000 to both complete the funding of thesoftware development and as a contingency for cost over runs

Initial estimates are that this could be about a 7c per label fee and 08ckgmachine dressed contribution on proprietary cultivars As soon as actualcostings are completed affected members will be advised If you have anyquestions about this intention please contact your president or vice presidentor the chair of SQMA Brent Sterling

AIMI Survey ndash Cereals

The latest Arable Industry Marketing Initiative (AIMI) survey reporting the sizeof the 2019 NZ harvest of the 6 key cereal crops as at October 2019 found

middot Milling wheat Total tonnage of 74500t was up 14 compared to lastyearrsquos harvest 65000t

middot Feed wheat Estimated total tonnage 310600 t was up 13 comparedto 306000 t

middot Feed barley Estimated total tonnage 304800 t was down 05compared to 306500 t

middot Malting barley Total tonnage of 75000 t was up by 27 compared to73000 t








Crop Hectares share

1PerennialRyegrass

15118 388









Exportrevenue

JuneYear2019

2020Forecast


Ryegrass seed 60 60



Cloverlegumeseed

20 25


69 70
































































Crop Hectares share

1PerennialRyegrass

15118 388









Exportrevenue

JuneYear2019

2020Forecast


Ryegrass seed 60 60



Cloverlegumeseed

20 25


69 70






























































Exportrevenue

JuneYear2019

2020Forecast


Ryegrass seed 60 60



Cloverlegumeseed

20 25


69 70



























































Cloverlegumeseed

20 25


69 70
































































































































































































































































Documents

NZGSTA Newsletter December 2019 January 2020 · Total cert seed 39,007 100.0 MPI consultations – Pelleted seed MPI has commenced consultations with the industry on a draft risk