Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection › Subchapter 36 - Weed Free Hay Certification › Section 35:30-36-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms shall be defined as
				  follows:
"Bale"
means a mechanically compressed package
				  of forage or mulch bound by string or wire.
"Certificate of inspection"
means a certificate
				  issued by a qualified inspector that states the results of a field or commodity
				  inspection. This certificate shall document that the inspected field or
				  commodity is free from state or regional noxious weeds or that the field or
				  commodity contains noxious weeds.
"Certification"
means the process the Department
				  utilizes to conduct field or hay inspections to determine if the field or hay
				  is free of noxious weeds.
"Cubed Hay"
means hay formed into small compact
				  self-binding units and shall not include pellets, as defined in this section.
				  The field of origin for cubed hay shall be certified.
"Field"
means the land on which a hay is grown
				  and is not divided by streams, public roads, other crops, or other
				  barriers.
"Field certification inspection"
means an onsite
				  inspection of forage or mulch in the field, and areas adjacent to the field,
				  for the presence of noxious weeds. The inspection shall be conducted prior to
				  cutting or harvesting.
"Forage"
means alfalfa, grain, and grass hay,
				  and combinations of alfalfa, grain, or grass hay.
"Hay"
means any agricultural forage crop product
				  whether cultivated or not cultivated, irrigated or not irrigated, planted or
				  naturally occurring, and may include mulch.
"Mulch"
means the straw remaining after grain is
				  harvested.
"NAISMA"
means North American Invasive Species
				  Management Association.
"Noxious weeds"
means those weeds, including any
				  weed seed or propagative plant parts, included on the regional NAISMA noxious
				  weed list or designated by the State Board of Agriculture as noxious and are
				  prohibited, and shall include those noxious weeds identified in Section
				  3-220
				  of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
"Pellets"
means agglomerated feed formed by
				  compacting and forcing through die openings by a mechanical process. The field
				  of origin shall be certified if heat is not used in the process.
"Propagative plant parts"
means any parts of a
				  plant capable of reproduction, including seeds, live roots, rhizomes, stolons
				  or any other plant part.
"Qualified inspector"
means a person qualified
				  and trained to identify noxious weeds pursuant to standards promulgated by the
				  Board or NAISMA Certified Training.
"Regional noxious weed free"
means hay inspected
				  for, and determined to be free of weeds designated as noxious on NAISMA's
				  Regional list or by states participating in the regional noxious weed free
				  forage and mulch certification program, including but not limited to the
				  following: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
				  Wyoming.
"State noxious weed free"
means hay inspected
				  for weeds designated as noxious and certified as free of noxious weeds, seed,
				  and propagative plant parts.
"Treated"
means utilizing treatment methods to
				  prevent weed seed formation, including, but not limited to burning, mechanical
				  methods, rouging, or application of chemical herbicides.
"Weed free"
means any hay certified as free of
				  noxious weeds.
"Weed free hay certification"
means hay
				  inspected and certified as free of noxious weeds pursuant to standards adopted
				  by the Board.
Added at 27 Ok Reg 2446,
				  eff 7-25-10