N.D. Admin Code 74-03-02-04 - Seed standards (wheat - oats - barley - rye - triticale)

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.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-02-04

Amended effective May 1, 1986; May 1, 1988; December 18, 1989; August 1, 1991; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010; October 1, 2012. Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 369, July 2018, effective 7/1/2018.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42