Catalog of Certified Varieties and Producers of Planted Crops
Quality Assurance & Identity PreservedUnbiased Third Party Audits Customized to Meet the Producer’s Needs Learn More
Certified Seed Doesn't Cost, It Pays
GCIA Food Safety ProgramsFood Safety Programs in Cooperation with the Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Learn More
GCIA Certified TurfgrassWhen only the best will do, ask for 'Blue Tag' Certified Sod? Learn More
Peanut HarvestGCIA certifies over 100,000 acres of peanut seed each year. Learn More
Ask for GCIA Certified Peanut Seed
Organic CertificationNOP Accredited Organic Certification for Georgia Farmers Learn More
GCIA Certified TurfgrassWhen only the best will do, ask for ‘Blue Tag’ Certified Sod! Learn More
ITGAPGCIA manages the International Turfgrass Genetic Assurance Program (ITGAP). ITGAP ensures that certified grasses are grown, inspected, and sold under rigorous protocols that promote ongoing purity and uniformity. Learn More
Field InspectionGCIA Inspects Over 130,000 Acres of Seed Crop Fields Each Year Learn More
Welcome to Georgia Crop Improvement Association
The Georgia Crop Improvement Association is an organization of seed producers and turfgrass growers who are interested in growing and making available to the public, through certification, high quality seeds and propagating materials of superior varieties so grown and distributed as to insure genetic purity and identity.
Check out the latest issue of Lawn Solutions Australia's Turf Talk magazine. It features an article on Billy Skaggs & Dr. Brian Schwartz's visit last year.
Certified seed is produced and increased under a limited generation concept that is supervised by GCIA. There are three classes of certified seed; foundation seed, registered seed, and certified produced.
Turfgrass certification is unique to our program. Most certification is with seeded crops. However, warm season turfgrasses are mostly hybrids which do not produce seed and are planted vegetatively.