N.D. Admin Code 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.

Notes

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