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State Seed Lab
Seed Lab Information
The State Seed Laboratory determines the quality of seed used for planting. Seed testing yields infromation about seed lots for two purposes:
- to determine if seed being offered for sale meets the guarantee stated on the label as per the New Mexico Seed Law and
- to provide information to the seed industry for labeling purposes
The State Seed Laboratory provides analyses on regulatory samples collected by Feed, Seed, and Fertilizer Bureau inspectors and similar testing on a fee basis for industry, the public, and other state and federal agencies.
The fee's and standards for seed analysis are prescribed by 21 NMAC 18.4 The fee schedule is as follows:
| Complete Test |
Purity Only |
Germ Only |
Weed Only |
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| Fees for Service Samples Submittted to the Laboratory |
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| Grass Seed | $20.00 | $12.00 | $12.00 | $6.00 |
| Seed other than Grass | $10.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 | $6.00 |
| Special Charges | ||||
| TZ Test for Viability | $20.00 | |||
| Rush Service | $5.00 | |||
| Mail Purity First | $1.50 | |||
| Extra Copy | $1.00 | |||
| Carry-over Vegetable Samples Submitted in Lots of Ten or More |
$1.00 | |||
| Hourly Charges - non routine such as dirty seed or other problematic not routine in analysis (does not includetime in germinator). |
$10.00/hr |
New Mexico Crop Improvement Association/NMSU Seed Certification: Official seed certification agency for the state. Information concerning certified seed and the Certified Weed Free Forage Program.
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