Factor	Standards for Each Class
	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.

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

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10

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