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Title 74 - Seed CommissionArticle 74-03 - Seed Certification Standards
Chapter 74-03-10 - Specific Crop Requirements - Safflower
Section 74-03-10-04 - Seed standards

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

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Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Section 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.

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