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The majority of seed sown on tillage farms every year is Department of Agriculture certified seed and on this week\u2019s Tillage Edge podcast, it is the first in a two-part series that tracks the seed\u2019s journey from breeder through an Irish seed assembler, taking in the seed grower along the way.\n\nDonal Fitzgerald, Goldcrop joins Michael Hennessy to chat about the process of assembling seed and outlines the important checks in place to ensure quality, while Liam Day, a Cork seed producer, also joined the podcast and talked about his experiences as a seed producer for many years.\n\nPart 2 next week, tracks the seed from leaving the seed grower\u2019s field, through drying, storage and packaging, all the way to the final user of the seed.\n\nFor more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to:\nhttps://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/the-tillage-edge-podcast/\n\nProduced on behalf of Teagasc by LastCastMedia.com