New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS
Chapter III - Plant Industry
Subchapter A - Inspection and Sale of Seeds (Article 9, Agriculture and Markets Law)
Part 103 - Commercial Hybrid Corn Seed Certification Standards
Section 103.5 - Seed standards
Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 103.5
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) General provisions.
| Factor | Certified |
| Pure seed (minimum) ....... | 99.25% |
| Weed seeds ....... | none |
| Inert matter (maximum) ....... | 0.50% |
| Other crops, excluding other varieties (maximum) ....... | 0.05% |
| Other distinguishable varieties (maximum) ....... | 0.25% |
| Germination (minimum) ....... | 90% |
(b) Grade standards.
(1) The
designation of the grade of a specific lot of seed shall be at the discretion
of the producer or distributor.
(2)
The range in sizes of hybrid corn seed shall be no larger than 26/64 inch or
smaller than
17/64 inch in
width.
(3) The range in width of
kernels in any given lot of seed shall be no greater than
4/64 of an
inch.
(4) All lots of seed shall be
graded for thickness.
(5) With the
submission of each sample of seed for certification, there shall be a statement
specifying the screen sizes over and through which the lot of seed represented
by the sample was graded for thickness and width.
(6) The maximum off-grade tolerance shall be
10 per cent. No kernels shall be more than
1/64 of an inch
larger than the grade and no more than one per cent shall be more than
1/64 of an inch
smaller than the grade.
(7) Hybrids
sold outside the State are exempt from these specific grade
standards.
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