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 116 - Alfalfa Seed Certification Standards
Section 116.5 - Seed standards

Universal Citation: 1 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 116.5
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

Standards for each class

Factor

 Foundation Registered Certified
Pure seed (minimum) ....... 99.00% 99.00% 99.00%
Inert matter (maximum) ....... 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Weed seeds (maximum) ....... 0.10% 0.20% 0.50%
Noxious weed seeds (maximum)1 ....... none none none
Objectional weed seeds (maximum)2 ....... none none 27 per lb.
Other crop seeds
Other kinds (maximum)3 ....... 0.10% 0.10% 0.50%
Germination and hard seed (minimum) ....... 80.00% 80.00% 80.00%

Footnotes

1 Noxious weed seeds shall include the following: bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis), Quackgrass (Agropyron repens), Canada Thistle (Cersium arvense), bedstraw (Galium spp.), dodder (Cuscuta spp.), horsenettle (Solanum carolinense), wild onion (Agrostemma githago), and Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens).

2 Objectionable weed seeds shall include the following: dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum), Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense), leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula), perennial sow thistle (Sonchus arvensis), and white top (Lepidium draba, L. repens, Hymenaphysa pubescens).

3 Sweet clover seed shall not exceed nine per pound for foundation seed; 90 per pound for registered seed; and 180 per pound for certified seed.

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