Field standards.

74-03-16-04. Field standards. 1. Isolation. a. Prior to flowering and inspection, the field must be isolated from fields of any other variety or fields of the same variety not meeting genetic purity requirements for certification. 1 b. The minimum isolation distances required between inspected hemp and other hemp crops must be maintained as specified in the following table. There must be no hemp plants within three hundred feet [91.44 meters] of a seed field and no more than four plants per acre outside three hundred feet [91.44 meters]. Hemp crops must be isolated from other inseparable crops by a minimum of ten feet. Isolation Distance Inspected Crop Other Crops Required (feet) Dioecious type foundation • Different varieties of hemp 15,748 • Noncertified crop of hemp • Lower certified class of seed crop of same variety 6,460 • Same class of certified seed crop of same variety 10 Dioecious type registered • Different varieties of hemp 15,748 • Noncertified crop of hemp • Seed crop of same variety that meets certified standards 5,249 for varietal purity • Seed crop of same variety that meets registered standards 3 for varietal purity Dioecious type certified • Different varieties of hemp 2,624 • Noncertified crop of hemp • Planted with certified seed of the same variety that meets 656 certified standards for varietal purity • Seed crop of same variety that meets certified standards 3 for varietal purity Monoecious type foundation • Dioecious varieties of hemp 15,748 • Noncertified crop of hemp • Other monoecious varieties 9,690 • Lower certified class of seed crop of same variety • Same class of certified seed crop of same variety 16 Monoecious type registered • Dioecious varieties of hemp 15,748 • Noncertified crop of hemp • Different varieties of the same type of hemp (monoecious 6,460 or female hybrid) • Seed crop of same variety that meets certified standards 3,320 for varietal purity • Seed crop of same variety that meets registered standards 3 for varietal purity Monoecious type certified • Dioecious varieties of hemp 3,230 • Noncertified crop of hemp • Different varieties of the same type of hemp (monoecious 656 or female hybrid) • Planted with certified seed of the same variety that meets certified standards for varietal purity • Seed crop of same variety that meets certified standards 3 for varietal purity 2. Specific field standards. a. Roguing to remove undesirable plants must be done before field inspection. Rogued plants must be removed from the field to be harvested. 2 b. Any combination of impurities may be reason for failing an inspection. Unless otherwise specified by the breeder, an industrial hemp crop for certification must not exceed the limits specified in the following table. Impurities may include harmful contaminants (species capable of cross pollinating with the inspected variety), plants of other varieties or distinct types foreign to the variety being inspected, weeds, or other inseparable crops. c. The table indicates the maximum number of impurities permitted in approximately ten thousand plants of the inspected crop. Maximum Impurity Standards per Ten Thousand Plants in Hemp Seed Crops Maximum Number of Dioecious Male Maximum Number of Off-Types or Plants Shedding Pollen Other Varieties Dioecious type foundation - 3 Dioecious type registered - 10 Dioecious type certified - 20 Monoecious type foundation 1 3 Monoecious type registered 2 10 Monoecious type certified 100 20 History: Effective July 1, 2018; amended effective July 1, 2020. General Authority: NDCC 4.1-52-10 Law Implemented: NDCC 4.1-52-10, 4.1-53-42