General Field Standards

Land History

Land planted for production of all certified classes of peanut seed shall not have grown peanuts during the previous two years unless a preceding peanut crop was grown from a class of certified seed of the same variety.

Unit of Certification

A field or a portion of a field constitutes the unit of certification. A portion of a field shall be clearly marked to prevent mechanical mixtures with non-eligible portions at harvest.

Field Inspection

At least one field inspection shall be conducted, preferably during the early bloom stage.

Isolation

Fields of all classes of certified seed production shall be separated by ten feet from fields of another variety or non-eligible plantings of the same variety.

Specific Field Standards

	The maximum permitted frequency of plants of other varieties and/or off-type plants shall be:
		Foundation class production - None Registered class production - 1:500 Certified class production - 1:200

Seed Standards for Peanut 

Certified class production - 1:200

Seed Factor Standard - Percentage (%) Foundation Registered Certified Pure Seed (Minimum) No Stnd 97.00 97.00 Inert Matter (Maximum)* No Stnd 3.00 3.00 Noxious Weeds None None None Other weed seeds (Maximum)** 0.01 0.01 0.01 Other varieties (Maximum) None 0.20 0.50 Other crop kinds (Maximum)*** None 0.01 0.02 Germination + hard seed (Minimum) 75 75 75

* Spanish, Runner and Virginia types may contain an additional 3.0% "bald" seed (seedcoat removed).

** Total weed seeds shall not exceed 5 per lb.

*** Other kinds shall not exceed 2 per lb. for Registered class or 3 per lb. for Certified class.