# Title 74 — Seed Commission

## Article 74-03 — Seed Certification Standards

## Chapter 74-03-08 — Specific Crop Requirements - Millet - Self-Pollinating

### § 74-03-08-01. Land requirements.

A millet crop shall be planted on land on which the last crop grown was of another kind or was
planted with the same variety and inspected for certification.
History: Amended effective May 1, 1986; July 1, 2010; October 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-08-02. Field inspection.

Fields shall be inspected before harvest or when the seed begins to take on color.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-08-03. Field standards.

1. Isolation. Prior to inspection, a field must be isolated from inseparable crops by a fence row,
natural boundary, or by a strip at least five feet [1.52 meters] wide which is either mowed,
sprayed, or uncropped.
2. Specific field standards.
Factor Foundation Registered Certified
Other varieties (maximum) * 1:3,000 1:2,000 1:1,000
Inseparable other crops (maximum) 1:10,000 1:10,000 1:2,000
Prohibited weeds** None None None
*Other varieties include plants that can be differentiated from the variety being inspected, but
shall not include variants characteristic of the variety.
**The tolerance for prohibited or objectionable weeds, or both, in the field will be determined
by the inspector.
History: Amended effective May 1, 1986; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-08-04. Seed standards.

Standards for Each Class
Factor Foundation Registered Certified
Pure seed (minimum) 99.0 percent 99.0 percent 98.0 percent
Total weed seeds (maximum) .01 percent .01 percent .04 percent

Total other crop seeds (maximum) .01 percent .01 percent .04 percent
Other varieties (maximum) .01 percent .01 percent .02 percent
Other kinds (maximum) .01 percent .01 percent .02 percent
Inert matter 1.0 percent 1.0 percent 2.0 percent
Prohibited noxious weed seeds none none none
Objectionable weed seeds * none 1 per pound 3 per pound
Germination 70.0 percent 70.0 percent 70.0 percent
*Objectionable weed seeds are dodder, wild oats, quackgrass, hedge bindweed (wild morning glory), nightflowering
catchfly, giant foxtail, hoary alyssum, wild radish, wild vetch species, buckhorn plantain, and horsenettle.
History: Amended effective May 1, 1986; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; July 1, 2010.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
