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Agriculture has become more complex with the recent customer demands for food safety, food security and our nations desire to become more energy independent. In this new environment, it is critical for grain producers and processors to produce high value, high quality products. This will be essential in efforts to gain access to new markets. Those new markets can put demands on crops and products produced under quality management systems that provide third party verification. That is where Novecta comes in. Novecta provides the following services for both growers and processors with services built on principles of an ISO 9001 quality management system:
- Guidance for crop production under a quality management system
- Guidance for processors and handlers under a quality management system
- Best management practices for value enhanced crops.
- Third party verification
- Market development opportunities
- Web based and classroom training
By developing relationships throughout the supply chain, Novecta is able to build awareness for the capabilities of growers and processors who want to adopt quality assurance systems into their businesses. As a joint venture company of the Iowa and Illinois Corn Growers Association’s, Novecta works closely with growers to help them understand their role in producing product that is desired by the food, fuel, and industrial markets. |
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Novecta and the Ag Industry Leaders who have been working on the
Ag Soil Credit Standard
are releasing the standard for public comment. The comment period ends June 26, 2009. Please direct all comments to
garyd@novecta.com
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