Standards for Each Class | |||
Factor | Foundation | Registered | Certified |
Pure seed (minimum) | 99.0 percent | 99.0 percent | 98.0 percent |
Total weed seeds (maximum) | .01 percent | .01 percent | .04 percent |
Total other crop seeds (maximum) | .01 percent | .01 percent | .04 percent |
Other varieties (maximum) | .01 percent | .01 percent | .02 percent |
Other kinds (maximum) | .01 percent | .01 percent | .02 percent |
Inert matter | 1.0 percent | 1.0 percent | 2.0 percent |
Prohibited noxious weed seeds | none | none | none |
Objectionable weed seeds * | none | 1 per pound | 3 per pound |
Germination | 70.0 percent | 70.0 percent | 70.0 percent |
* Objectionable weed seeds are dodder, wild oats, quackgrass, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), nightflowering catchfly, giant foxtail, hoary alyssum, wild radish, wild vetch species, buckhorn plantain, and horsenettle.
N.D. Admin Code 74-03-08-04
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-11, 4.1-53-42