1. A. The manner of sampling shall be as follows:

   1. (1) Bulk: Bulk seeds or screenings shall be sampled by inserting a long probe or thrusting the hand into the bulk as circumstances require in at least seven uniformly distributed parts of the quantity being sampled.

   2. (2) Seed in bags.

      1. (a) When more than one core is drawn from a bag, follow different paths. When more than one handful is taken from a bag, take them from well-separated points.
      2. (b) For lots of one to six bags, sample each bag and take a total of at least five cores or handfuls.

      3. (c) For lots of more than six bags, sample five bags plus at least 10 percent of the number of bags in the lot. Round numbers with decimals to the nearest whole number. Regardless of the lot size, it is not necessary to sample more than 30 bags.

         Examples: No. bags in lots	7	10	23	50	100	200	300	400
         No. bags to sample	6	6	7	10	15	25	30	30

   3. (3) Packets: In sampling seed in packets, entire unopened packets shall be taken.

HISTORY: Amended by State Register Volume 34, Issue No. 5, eff May 28, 2010.