NDAC 74-03-10-04
Seed standards
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 74-03-10-04
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.