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Tutorial Video - Registering a Seed Lot/Greenhouse.

Please watch the video on how to register your seed lots and/or greenhouses.

 

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Please navigate to other instructional videos covering the introduction and editing user information, querying and reports, and requesting health certificates.

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Registering a Seed Lot - Instructions

Here are some short instructions on how to register a seed lot.

  1. Open an Internet browser (Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari) and enterhttps://seedpotato.montana.edu into the address bar. Using your cursor, click on the Login icon at the top right corner of your screen and enter your credentials. 

Seed Potato Certification Homepage

2. Click Main Menu View Lots > Create Lots.

View lot menu

3. We are now at the Lot Creation page. In this first example, I will create a Russet Burbank, Nuclear seed lot with MSU as the Seed Supplier and Supplier Seed Lot Identifier. Using the appropriate dropdown icons, fill in the appropriate information. When finished, click on the + New Lot icon. 

New Lot Creation Page

4. Now enter in the Field ID, Acreage, and Date Planted. The default county is listed according to your user profile. If this differs from the location of your seed lot, please update the County as appropriate. When finished, click Update. You are now ready to register another seed lot. 

update seed lot

5. If you have another Russet Burbank seed lot, leave the Variety as "Russet Burbank" and simply update the Generation, Seed Supplier, andSupplier Seed Lot Identifier, as appropriate. In the example below, the generation was changed to G2, and the Seed Supplier and Supplier Seed Lot Identifier were changed to Arcadia Ag and 2019-198-RBK-1-31 respectively. 

second seed lot registration

6. Repeat step 4 above. When finished click Register Lots. This will take you to the shipping tag uploading page. The Upload icon will appear at the right of your screen for newly registered seed lots that were sourced from another farm. You can optionally upload your shipping tag here.  Clicking on the Register Lots will complete the registration process. 

Upload Field Maps and Shipping Tags

7. To view an Invoice that will sum the acreage fees for each seed lot click, Main Menu > Reports > Print Fees.

 print fees

 Registering a Greenhouse - Instructions

1. Using your cursor, navigate to the Main Menu dropdown list at the upper right portion of your screen and click Main Menu > Edit my Info. Scroll down and make sure the box is checked next to Greenhouse Grower. Enter the appropriate square footage being used for personal use and contract use. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save.

Greenhouse registration page

2. Click Main Menu > View Greenhouses > Create Greenhouses.

create greenhouses

3. We are now are the Greenhouse Creation page. In this first example, I will create a Russet Burbank, Nuclear seed lot with MSU as the Seed Supplier and Supplier Seed Lot Identifier. Using the appropriate dropdown icons, fill in the appropriate information. When finished, click on the + New Lot icon. Enter the information for Greenhouse ID, #Plants , and Date Planted. When finished click Update.

greenhouse info

4. Repeat step 3 above for additional varieties. When finished click Register Greenhouses. This will take you to the registration page. Click Register Greenhouses to finish your registration. 

5. To view an Invoice that will sum the acreage fees for each seed lot click, Main Menu > Reports > Print Fees.

 

print fees