2 CAR § 34-1403 – Field standards

(a) Isolation. Soybeans for certification must be isolated from any other field not being certified of the same or another variety, or a certified field of another variety by at least five feet (5’) for blue tag class and fifteen feet (15’) for foundation and registered classes.

(b) Field inspection.

Factor	STANDARDS FOR EACH CLASS
Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified Blue Tag
Other Varieties (1)	*.02%(1 in 5,000)	*.03%(1 in 3,600)	*.09%(3 in 3,600)
Field Bindweed, Balloon vine, Serrated Tussock, Itchgrass	None	None	None

*Allowances for certified Hutcheson and Caviness soybeans is up to one in two hundred (1/200) other varieties for blue tag class, one in five hundred (1/500) for registered class and one in one thousand (1/1000) for foundation class. For the Caviness variety, this allowance will expire in July 2004.

(1) Other varieties shall include plants that are distinctly different from the variety being inspected.
(2) Note. Only a small amount of Johnson grass in the field will be permitted.