Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-11-2-.06

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 80-11-2-.06 - Charges for Seed Testing

(a) Alabama farmers shall be entitled to submit to the Seed Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture and Industries seed samples to be analyzed and tested free of charge, provided that not more than the equivalent of Ten Dollars ($10.00) worth of free seed testing services will be provided to any farmer within a period of one month.

(b) Seed testing and analysis for farmers in excess of $10.00 per month and for seed dealers and non-farmers shall be charged as follows:

1. For purity and germination per sample:

Group 1

Barley, Wheat, Rye, Field Peas (Austrian), Corn, Lupine, Sorghum, Vetch and Rough Peas ---------- $3.00

Group 2

Soybeans, Cowpeas, Velvet Beans, Partridge Peas, Crotalaria, Peanuts, Button Clover, Crimson Clover, Lespedeza, Ryegrass (except fluorescence test), Fescue, Millet, Sudan Grass, Alfalfa, Cotton and Rescue Grass -------------- $4.00

Group 3

Johnson Grass, Bermuda Grass, Centipede Grass, Alsike Clover, White Clover, Alyce Clover, Ladino Clover, Persian Clover, Lappacea Clover, Red Clover, Ball Clover, Hop Clover, Oats, Carpet Grass, Redtop, Dallis Grass, Kentucky Bluegrass, Orchard grass and Love Grass --------------------------------- $5.00

Bahia Grass: Hulled Samples ------------------------- $10.00

Unhulled Samples ------------------------------------- $5.00

2. For purity test only:

All Groups Deduct ------------------------------------ $1.00

3. For germination test only:

For germination test only, except when a purity test is required in order to conduct the germination test, examination for noxious weeds only, varietal determination only and moisture test only

per sample ------------------------------------------- $2.00

Vegetable Seed --------------------------------------- $2.00

4. Fluorescence Test for Ryegrass -------------------- $3.00

5. Vigor test for all varieties of seed -------------- $1.00

Note: Pending the promulgation by the Association of Official Seed Analysts of uniform seed vigor testing procedures in its Rules For Testing Seeds, and the recognition and adoption of such testing procedures and corresponding labeling requirements relating to vigor under Alabama seed laws and regulations, persons requesting vigor tests are cautioned to only use the results for personal information. Pending the above, advertising or warranting of vigor in the selling of seed is prohibited. No Alabama dealer or other person offering seed for sale within this State shall be under a duty to conduct or secure tests for vigor or to disclose by label or otherwise any information relating to vigor.

(c) Seed not listed above will be charged according to other seed of similar size.

(d) All of the above prices apply only to seed that have been properly cleaned, and also to each kind or variety of seed in a mixture

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 80-11-2-.06

Filed April 19, 1982. Amended: Filed December 10, 1984.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 2-26-3.