N.D. Admin Code 74-03-09-04 - Seed standards

	Registered
Factor	Foundation	Crambe Only	Certified
Pure seed (minimum)	99.00 percent	99.00 percent	99.00 percent
Inert matter (maximum)	1.00 percent	1.00 percent	1.00 percent
Prohibited noxious weed seeds +	none	none	none
Objectionable weed seeds *	1 per pound	3 per pound	5 per pound
Other weeds	5 per pound	10 per pound	15 per pound
Total other crop seeds (maximum)	0.05 percent	0.10 percent	0.25 percent
Other varieties (maximum)	0.05 percent	0.10 percent	0.25 percent
Other kinds (maximum) **	0.01 percent	0.01 percent	0.01 percent
Germination (minimum)	85.00 percent	85.00 percent	85.00 percent
Sclerotia (maximum)	7 per pound	7 per pound	7 per pound

+ Prohibited noxious weed seeds include the seeds of cleavers or bedstraw.

* Objectionable weed seeds are dodder, wild mustard, wild oats, quackgrass, and hedge bindweed (wild morning glory).

** Shall not exceed one per pound for foundation and six per pound for certified.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-09-04

Amended effective May 1, 1986; May 1, 1988; December 18, 1989; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11

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