NDAC 74-03-12-04
Seed standards
Cite as N.D. Admin. Code ยง 74-03-12-04
Seed count required on soybeans, chickpeas, and lentils.
Standard for Each Class
Factor
Foundation
Registered
Certified
Pure seed (minimum)
98.0 percent
98.0 percent
98.0 percent
Total weed seeds (maximum)
none
1 per pound
2 per pound
Other varieties (maximum) *
0.1 percent
0.2 percent
0.2 percent
Other crop seeds (maximum)
Soybeans and chickpeas
none
1 per 2 pounds
1 per pound
Lentils
1 per 2 pounds
1 per pound
3 per pound
Inert matter
2.0 percent
2.0 percent
2.0 percent
Prohibited noxious weed seeds
none
none
none
Objectionable weed seeds **
none
none
none
Germination and hard seeds
85.0 percent
85.0 percent
85.0 percent
*Other varieties shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.
**Objectionable weed seeds are dodder, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), wild oats, buckhorn, hoary
alyssum, horsenettle, quackgrass, wild vetch species, giant foxtail, wild radish, nightshade species, and
cocklebur.
Chickpea and lentil seed labelers shall have an ascochyta test performed on the harvested seed of
each field or lot. The test results shall appear on the label for each seed lot.