N.D. Admin Code 74-03-10-04 - Seed standards

Factor	Foundation	Registered	Certified
Pure seed (minimum)	98.0 percent	98.0 percent	98.0 percent
Inert matter (maximum)	2.0 percent	2.0 percent	2.0 percent
Other crops or varieties (maximum)	1 per 2 pounds	1 per pound	3 per pound
Weed seeds (maximum)	2 per pound	5 per pound	10 per pound
Prohibited noxious weed seed *	none	none	none
Objectionable weed seeds**	1 per 2 pounds	1 per 2 pounds	2 per pound
Germination (minimum)		80 percent	80 percent
Sclerotia (maximum)	5 per pound	5 per pound	5 per pound

* Including the seeds of quackgrass.

** Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: dodder, wild oats, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), giant ragweed (kinghead), falseflax, and dragonhead.

Notes

N.D. Admin Code 74-03-10-04

Amended effective May 1, 1986; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; October 1, 2012.

General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11

Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-11, 4.1-53-42