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Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATIONChapter 16-302 - General rules for seed certificationPart 5 - SPECIFIC SEED CERTIFICATION STANDARDS
Alfalfa Seed Certification Standards
Section 16-302-240 - Seed standards for alfalfa seed certification

Wash. Admin. Code § 16-302-240

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Section 16-302-240 - Seed standards for alfalfa seed certification
(1) Seed standards for the production of alfalfa seed are as follows:

PurityFoundationRegisteredBlue Tag Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 99.00% 99.00% 99.00%
Other crops (maximum) .10% .10% .25%
Sweet clover (maximum) none found none found 90 per lb.
Inert matter (maximum) 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Weed seed (maximum) .10% .20% .25%
Objectionable weed seeds (maximum) none found none found 18 per lb.
Germination (Min. total of germination and hard seed) 80.00% 85.00% 85.00%
or Tetrazolium (Min. total of Tetrazolium and hard seed) 82.00% 87.00% 87.00%

(2) Alfalfa seed must be free of prohibited noxious weed seeds and foundation class must be free of Brassica spp.

Wash. Admin. Code § 16-302-240

Amended by WSR 17-13-130, Filed 6/21/2017, effective 7/22/2017

Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-240, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.