N.D. Admin. Code 74-03-08-04

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Section 74-03-08-04 - Seed standards

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

Amended effective May 1, 1986; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-11, 4.1-53-42