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Any person who sells, offers for sale, or distributes agricultural*
seed for planting purposes within or into the state shall have in
force a valid Seedmans License, pay the required tonnage fees,
and label the seed in accordance with Circular 10: Regulations on
the Sale of Planting Seed in Arkansas. (There are some exceptions
for the license requirements.**)
A COMPLETE ANALYSIS (germ and purity) is required to supply
the labeling information on all agricultural seed sold for planting
purposes, bulk or bagged. The information required on the label
is listed below: (The labeling information on bulk sales must accompany
each sale, either on the invoice or on a separate sheet or tag.)
- The seedman's name and address.
- The kind and variety, or if variety is not listed, the words
"Variety Not Stated."
- The Lot Number.
- The state where the seed was grown; if unknown, a statement
to that effect.
- The year grown for certified cotton.
- The percentage of pure seed.
- The percentage of weed seed, including noxious weeds.
- The percentage of other crop.
- The percentage of inert matter.
- The percentage of germination, exclusive of hard seed, and percentage
of hard seed, if present.
- The date the germination test was completed, given by month
and year. The test is valid for nine months, not including the
month the seed was tested.
- Net weight of contents, with the exception of corn, which may
be on the label or bag in the vicinity of the label.
- Any tall fescue must show on the tag that the seed contains
ryegrass, if any, and the amount given in percentage. If no ryegrass
is found in the sample, the tag shall state, "No Ryegrass
Found".
- Name and number of noxious weed seeds present per pound, or
if none are present, a statement to that effect
If the seed is treated, there are
additional requirements for labeling, either on the analysis
tag, a separate treatment tag, or on a side or top of the container.
The label must show the name of the substance used for treatment,
the appropriate toxicity category signal word and a precautionary
statement such as: "Do not use for food, feed or oil purposes".
* Agricultural seed includes
the seeds of grass, forage, cereal, and fiber crops and any other
kinds of seeds commonly recognized within the state as agricultural
seed and mixtures of such seeds. Garden and lima beans, spinach,
mustard, turnip, and garden pea seed is included as agricultural
seed when in containers of 25 pounds or more.
**You DO NOT need the $250 annual
Seedsman's
license if:
- You produce 100 certified acres or
less and you only sell your own production
of bagged and tagged Arkansas Certified seed. (You will need a
$100 certification permit, and follow regulations in Circ. 15:
Official Standards for Seed Certification in Arkansas.)
- You only sell seed that has
been sampled, tested, and for which labels have been completely
printed by the State Plant Board. In order for the Plant Board
to print labels, our inspector must draw the sample from cleaned,
bagged seed, and you must label the seed by variety name, Form
DV-88: Declaration of Variety for Non-Certified Seed, must be
on file at the Plant Board. (If you just want information on the
seed's value for planting, you may sample the seed in bulk or
bag and send it in for testing, but it will not be eligible for
Plant Board printed tags.)
- You only sell seed obtained
from a licensed seedsman who is in full compliance with these
regulations (Circ. 10), which includes paying the tonnage fees
on the seed.
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