Agricultural Seed Labels

The following information is required on all agricultural seed labels:


  1. Commonly accepted name of the seed kind.
  2. Lot number.
  3. Coating Material (can be part of inert matter claim).
  4. Variety of each agricultural seed component that exceeds five percent (5%) of the whole.
  5. The percentage by weight of each component in order of its predominance.
  6. The percentage of all other agricultural or vegetable seed, which may be designated as "other crop seed" or "crop seed".
  7. The percentage of inert matter.
  8. The percentage of all weed seed:
    • Pure Seed % + Other Crop Seed % + Weed Seed % + Inert Matter % = 100%
  9. The name and rate of occurrence per pound of each kind of restricted noxious weed seed present.
  10. The name and address of the person who labeled the seed or who distributed it within Indiana.
  11. Disclaimer if seed is treated “Do not use for feed, food, or oil purposes”.
  12. Treatment, if applicable:
    • Microorganism, if applicable.
  13. The calendar month and year the germination test was completed to determine the percentages.
  14. Origin for each named agricultural seed.
  15. The percentage of germination for each named agricultural seed
  16. The percentage of hard seed, if present, for each named agricultural seed
  17. The percentage of dormant seed is not required, but seedsman can choose to include it for each named agricultural seed.

image of what's required on an agricultural seed label