North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 74 - Seed Commission › Article 74-01 - General Administration › Chapter 74-01-01 - Organization of Commission › Section 74-01-01-01 - Organization of seed commission

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. History.
				The state seed department was established by the 1931 legislative assembly. The
				main office was designated to be at North Dakota state university. Branch
				offices are maintained in Grafton to more efficiently serve the potato industry
				with official grade inspection services. The department is governed by the
				state seed commission.
2.
				Commission. The state seed commission consists of a representative of the North
				Dakota crop improvement association, a representative of the North Dakota
				certified seed potato growers association, a representative of the North Dakota
				dry edible bean seed growers association, a representative of the North Dakota
				agricultural association, an elected member of the North Dakota potato council
				selected by the North Dakota potato council, a representative of the northern
				plains potato growers association who is a North Dakota resident, a
				representative of the North Dakota grain dealers association who also operates
				a state-approved seed conditioning plant, selected by the board of directors of
				the North Dakota grain dealers association, and the agriculture commissioner or
				the commissioner's designee, who shall serve as chairman. The director of the
				experiment station, or the director's designee, of the college of agriculture
				of the North Dakota state university of agriculture and applied science is a
				voting member of the commission.
3. Functions. The seed department is
				designated as the official seed certification agency of the state. The seed
				department enforces state seed laws, inspects and analyzes seed offered for
				sale, provides a public laboratory service for examining and analyzing seed and
				commercially produced crops for planting and consumption purposes, maintains a
				seed certification system for field seeds and potatoes, inspects and grades
				potatoes and other produce, regulates wholesale potato dealers, and establishes
				grade standards and grades commodities not in the federal grain standards.
				Lists of field-inspected seeds published by the seed department, specifically
				bulletin nos. 92 and 95, are produced for the express purpose of informing
				producers of the availability of certified seed grown in North Dakota, and are
				not intended to induce reliance on the part of producers on the department's
				inspection, certifications, or any other act or undertaking relating to
				quantity or quality of the seed or crop produced, fitness, presence or absence
				of disease, or identity of variety or selection.
4. For the purposes of this section. North
				Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-53 and North Dakota Administrative Code article
				74-03 generally apply to the certification and conditioning of field seeds;
				North Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-53 and North Dakota Administrative Code
				74-02 to the regulation of field crops and seeds; North Dakota Century Code
				chapter 4-10 and North Dakota Administrative Code 74-04 to the certification
				and inspection of potatoes; North Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-57 and North
				Dakota Administrative Code 74-05 to the regulation of wholesale potato dealers;
				and North Dakota Century Code chapter 4.1-53 and North Dakota Administrative
				Code 74-06 to the inspection and grading of crops not in federal grain
				standards.
5. Seed commissioner.
				The commission appoints the seed department manager, who is the state seed
				commissioner.
6. Inquiries.
				Inquiries regarding the seed department may be addressed to the commissioner:
State Seed Commissioner
State Seed Department
1313 18th Street North
Fargo, ND 58105
General Authority: NDCC 4.1-53-11, 28-32-02.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-53-02, 4.1-53-04, 4.1-53-08,
					 4.1-53-42, 4.1-53-59