Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATION
Chapter 16-302 - General rules for seed certification
Part 1 - PERMANENT MIXING/LOADING SITE
Section 16-302-050 - Submitting an application for seed certification

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 16-302-050

Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024

(1) Seed certification application due dates are:

(a) For seed certified by the department: Alfalfa, clover, grasses and rapeseed (seedling applications) - Within sixty days of planting. Seedling applications will not be accepted if received more than one hundred five days after planting.

(b) Hybrid canola or hybrid rapeseed - Fall plantings February 1st; Spring plantings - Twenty-one days after planting.

(c) Sunflower twenty-one days after planting.

(d) Notification of a seedling field to be harvested for certification the same year of planting is due July 31st with the required fees.
(i) Bean - Twenty-one days after planting.

(ii) Corn - June 1st.

(iii) Industrial hemp - Twenty-one days after planting.

(2) For seed certified by the Washington state crop improvement association (WSCIA) seed certification application due dates are:

(a) Fall planted small grains, peas and lentils - April 1st.

(b) Spring planted small grains, peas, lentils, and millet -June 1st.

(c) Chickpeas - Within twenty-eight days of planting.

(d) Hybrid small grains - Fall plantings February 1st; spring plantings - Twenty-one days after planting.

(e) Buckwheat and soybean - July 1st.

(f) Sorghum - July 15th.

(g) Forest tree seed certification - Refer to specific crop requirements in chapter 16-319 WAC.

(3) An application for seed certification must be submitted to the certifying agency each year a grower plans to produce seed for certification of annual crops (beans, peas, grain).

(4) A renewal application for seed certification must be submitted to the certifying agency after a stand is established each year that a grower plans to produce seed for certification of perennial crops (alfalfa, clover, grass). Due dates for renewal applications are as follows:

(a) Alfalfa and clover - April 15th.

(b) Grass - April 15th.

(5) Applications received after the due date are assessed a late application fee.

(6) No renewal application for seed certification may be accepted after the due date if a field inspection cannot be conducted prior to harvest except at the discretion of the certifying agency.

Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-050, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.

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