WAC 16-302-050   When is an application for seed certification submitted?  (1) Seed certification application due dates are:

     (a) For seed certified by the department: Alfalfa, clover, grasses and rapeseed (seedling applications) - within sixty days of planting. Seedling applications will not be accepted if received more than one hundred five days after planting.

     (b) Notification of a seedling field to be harvested for certification the same year of planting is due July 31 with the required fees.

     (i) Bean - July 1.

     (ii) Corn - June 1.

     (2) For seed certified by the WSCIA:

     (a) Buckwheat, field pea, chickpea, lentil, millet, and small grains (both winter and spring varieties) - June 1.

     (b) Soybean - July 1.

     (c) Sorghum - July 15.

     (d) Forest tree seed certification - refer to specific crop requirements in chapter 16-319 WAC.

     (3) An application for seed certification must be submitted to the certifying agency each year a grower plans to produce seed for certification of annual crops (beans, peas, grain).

     (4) A renewal application for seed certification must be submitted to the certifying agency after a stand is established each year that a grower plans to produce seed for certification of perennial crops (alfalfa, clover, grass). Due dates for renewal applications are as follows:

     (a) Alfalfa and clover - June 15.

     (b) Grass - May 1.

     (5) Applications received after the due date are assessed a late application fee.

     (6) No renewal application for seed certification may be accepted after the due date if a field inspection cannot be conducted prior to harvest except at the discretion of the certifying agency.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 00-24-077, § 16-302-050, filed 12/4/00, effective 1/4/01.]