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 New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024)
 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

  Sec. 103.5. Seed standards

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  • (a) General provisions.
    FactorCertified
    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 /64 inch in width.
    (3) The range in width of kernels in any given lot of seed shall be no greater than /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 /64 of an inch larger than the grade and no more than one per cent shall be more than /64 of an inch smaller than the grade.
    (7) Hybrids sold outside the State are exempt from these specific grade standards.