Florida Administrative Code
5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
5E - Division of Agricultural Environmental Services
Chapter 5E-4 - SEED: GENERALLY
Section 5E-4.007 - Commercial Tests and Consumer Request Samples
Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) The department will make commercial tests and perform analysis of consumer request samples of seed when such will not interfere with prescribed duties of the department.
(2) Definitions. As used in this rule, the following definitions shall apply:
(3) Schedule of charges for the collection, packaging, shipment and analysis of consumer request seed samples and commercial tests is listed below:
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Type Test and Charge |
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Product |
Purity |
Germination |
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(a) Aeschynomene |
$10.50 |
$15.75 |
|
(b) Alfalfa |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(c) Austrian Winter Pea |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(d) Bahiagrass, All Varieties |
21.00 |
21.00 |
|
(e) Beggarweed |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(f) Bentgrass |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(g) Bermudagrass |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(h) Bluegrass |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(i) Buckwheat |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(j) Carpetgrass |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(k) Centipedegrass |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(l) Chufa |
10.50 |
21.00 |
|
(m) Clovers |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(n) Corn, Field or Sweet |
10.50 |
21.00 |
|
(o) Cowpeas |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(p) Fescue |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(q) Flowers |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(r) Flowers, Mixed |
26.25 |
31.50 |
|
(s) Hairy Indigo |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(t) Hemp |
21.00 |
21.00 |
|
(u) Herbs |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(v) Lespedeza |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(w) Lovegrass |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(x) Lupine |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(y) Millets |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(z) Mixed Grasses |
36.75 |
36.75 |
|
(aa) Oats |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(bb) Partridge Pea |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(cc) Peanuts, Hulled |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(dd) Rye |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(ee) Ryegrass |
21.00 |
15.75 |
|
(ff) Rice |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(gg) Sesame |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(hh) Sesbania |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(ii) Sorghum |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(jj) Soybeans |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(kk) Sunflower |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(ll) Timothy |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(mm) Tobacco |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(nn) Tree or Shrub Seed |
15.75 |
21.00 |
|
(oo) Triticale |
15.75 |
15.75 |
|
(pp) Vegetables |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(qq) Velvet bean |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(rr) Vetch |
10.50 |
15.75 |
|
(ss) Wheat |
15.75 |
15.75 |
(4) The Cold Test for corn is $5.00.
(5) Seed not listed will be charged according to other seed of similar size.
(6) An additional charge of $5.00 is required for testing germination of uncleaned seed.
(7) The charge for noxious weed test is equal to one-half of the charge of the purity test.
Rulemaking Authority 578.11(2) FS. Law Implemented 578.11(2)(h) FS.
New 6-29-62, Amended 9-29-83, Formerly 5E-4.07, Amended 8-17-92, 7-7-19, 1-28-20.
