N.D. Admin Code 74-03-11-05.1 - Seed standards

	Standards for Each Class
Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Pure seed (minimum)	98.0 percent	98.0 percent	98.0 percent
Total weed seeds (maximum)	none	none	3 per pound
Other varieties (maximum) *	1 per pound	1 per pound	5 per pound
Other crop seeds (maximum)	1 per pound	1 per pound	3 per pound
Inert matter (maximum)	2.0 percent	2.0 percent	2.0 percent
Objectionable weed seeds **	none	none	none
Prohibited noxious weed seeds	none	none	none
Germination (minimum)	85.0 percent	85.0 percent	85.0 percent
Sclerotia	5 per pound	5 per pound	5 per pound

* To include not more than two purple seeds or two white seeds per pound. Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.

** Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: buckhorn plantain, dodder, wild oats, nightflowering catchfly, giant foxtail, hoary alyssum, horsenettle, quackgrass, wild vetch species, wild radish, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), and nightshade.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-11-05.1

Effective May 1, 1988; amended effective September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; October 1, 2012.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11

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