# Title 74 — Seed Commission

## Article 74-03 — Seed Certification Standards

## Chapter 74-03-10 — Specific Crop Requirements - Safflower

### § 74-03-10-01. Land requirements.

Safflower will not be considered for certification if planted on land where safflower has been grown
the past two years. It is recommended that the crop be planted on summerfallow or on land
immediately following a separable crop.
History: Amended effective May 1, 1988.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-10-02. Field inspection.

Field inspection shall be made after the crop reaches the bloom stage (at least fifty percent of the
plants showing one or more blossoms).
History: Amended effective May 1, 1986.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
### § 74-03-10-03. Field standards.

1. Isolation. Fields of safflower planted to produce the registered or certified class of seed shall
be at least one thousand three hundred twenty feet [402.34 meters] from any other variety or
noncertified field of safflower. When certified classes of seed of the same variety are planted
in close proximity, no isolation requirement applies, except to maintain field borders.
2. Specific field standards.
Maximum Permitted in Each Class
Factor Foundation Registered Certified
Other varieties * 1:10,000 1:2,000 1:1,000
Inseparable other crops 1:30,000 1:10,000 1:3,000
Prohibited noxious weeds** none none none
*Other varieties shall 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; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; October 1, 2012;
July 1, 2018.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42

### § 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.
History: Amended effective May 1, 1986; September 1, 2002; January 2, 2006; October 1, 2012.
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42
