1. A. No agricultural seed shall be offered for sale if the germination percentage, including hard seed, is below 60 percent, except Dallisgrass. Dallisgrass shall not be offered for sale if the pure live seed percentage (purity times germination) is below 10 percent.
2. B. No agricultural and vegetable seed shall be sold, offered for sale or exposed for sale containing in excess of one percent of total weed seed.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1444 and R.S. 3:1433.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Seed Commission, LR 4:105 (April 1978), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Seed Commission, LR 12:825 (December 1986), repromulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission, LR 39:2708 (October 2013), LR 43:1898 (October 2017).