N.D. Admin. Code 74-03-02-04
Seed count required on wheat, oats, barley, and durum.
Variety identification test required for hard red spring wheat and barley.
Factor | Foundation | Standards for Each Class Registered | Certified |
Pure seed (minimum) * | 99.0 percent | 99.0 percent | 99.0 percent |
Total weed seeds (maximum) | 2 per pound | 5 per pound | 10 per pound |
Other varieties ** | 1 per 2 pounds | 1 per pound | 3 per pound |
Other crop seeds (maximum) | 1 per 2 pounds | 1 per pound | 3 per pound |
Inert matter (maximum) *** | 1.0 percent | 1.0 percent | 1.0 percent |
Prohibited noxious weed seeds + | none | none | none |
Objectionable weed seeds (maximum) ++ | 1 per 2 pounds | 1 per 2 pounds | 1 per pound |
Germination +++ | 85.0 percent | 85.0 percent | 85.0 percent |
*The standard for durum and rye shall be 98.0 percent minimum.
**Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety. White wheat must be tested for red wheat contaminants.
***For all crops foreign matter other than broken seed shall not exceed 0.2 percent. Durum, triticale, and rye may contain 2.0 percent maximum inert matter.
+Including the seeds of quackgrass.
++Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: dodder, wild oats, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), giant ragweed (kinghead), falseflax, and dragonhead.
+++Winter wheat, durum, and rye minimum 80.0 percent.
Note: A barley labeler is responsible for having a loose smut test, by an official laboratory, on the harvested seed of each field of barley. If seed from more than one field is blended without having a test for each field, a loose smut test must be made on each seed lot or sublot. The percentage of loose smut will be printed on the certification certificate or label.
N.D. Admin Code 74-03-02-04
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42