ABSTRACT
Too often, seed production is scattered, in small amounts, or too difficult to transport to a seed conditioning plant. Amounts of seed produced at different sites may be too small to justify the transport to a plant, or there simply may be no seed conditioning plant available. Seed conditioning plants may require a high investment which is not available, so an organized seed industry or program does not exist which can arrange seed production, organize delivery and conditioning of large quantities of seed, and then organize its distribution and marketing to farmers over a wide area. In some cases, taking seed to the cleaning plant often requires double transporthaul it to the plant for cleaning, then haul it back for planting. This usually requires a well-developed seed handling system, or seed industry which may not exist.
