74-03-08-04. Seed standards.

Factor	Standards for Each Class
	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.

History: Amended effective May 1, 1986; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42