About Us

SoDak Labs is an employee-owned seed testing business located in Brookings, SD. We perform 130 different tests on over 100 species with over 300,000 tests completed annually. We are your trusted seed testing partner for purity, germination, vigor, trait, ELISA, electrophoresis, PCR, seed health, cultivar purity, and winter field growout tests. SoDak Labs tests according to AOSA or ISTA rules. In addition, we provide training for certified ISTA sampling and issue both ISTA Orange & ISTA Blue Certificates.

SoDak’s philosophy is to provide fast, agronomically accurate service while continually improving our procedures and processes. We believe in improving our customer's experience and want to be a partner in your business. SoDak Labs highly trained staff includes four Agronomists, one Seed Physiologist, two Registered/Certified Genetic Technologists, and four Registered/Certified Seed Technologists with over 200 combined years of testing experience. Our staff is available on-site to diagnose, explain seed quality concerns, and answer any seed quality questions. Our veteran staff mentors and trains the next generation of SoDak team members to ensure continuity as we expand and mature our business footprint. As your partner we are regularly implementing lean improvements, creating new testing strategies, and researching and developing new tests.