How to package your sample:

Place seed into a tightly sealed container to prevent contamination.  Cloth bags, heavy-stock envelopes, and zip-lock bags will suffice. Be sure that the sample is packed tightly into box to prevent bag breakage during shipping.

Inlcude an order form with your contact information (name, phone number, mailing address and email address), crop details (variety, lot number, year grown) and requested tests (purity, germination, seed count, TZ, etc).  

Online sample submittal tutorial (please use this when possible)

Printable version of order form (PDF)

Seed Lab Fees (effective July 1, 2023)

Common seed sample size required for purity & germination:

For germination only, submit a quarter to half the amount listed below (including MSGA samples):

4 oz or 1/4 lb small seeded legumes and grasses:  Alfalfa, clovers, timothy bluegrasses, etc.
  • Example:  Sandwich size bag filled or 1/2 quart

8 oz or 1/2 lb wheatgrass, ryegrass, bromegrass, flax, or seed of like size

  • Example:  Sandwich size bag filled or 1/2 quart

2 lbs cereals, safflower, field peas, lentils, and seed of like size

  • Example:  Gallon Ziploc bag mostly filled

Montana Seed Growers sample size required:

Alfalfa/Black Medic - 1/2 lb

Birdsfoot Trefoil - 1/2 lb

Canola & Cambe - 1 lb

Fourwing saltbush - 1 lb

Grass - 1/2 lb

Lentils - 1 1/2 lbs

Milkvetch - 1 lb

Peas - 3 lbs

Red and White Colver - 1/2 lb

Sainfoin - 3 lbs

Small Grains and Safflower - 3 lbs

Mail or deliver samples to:

Seed Lab address for United States Postal Service:
Montana State Seed Lab
Marsh Lab Room 40
PO Box 173145
Bozeman, MT 59717

Seed Lab address for UPS and FedEx:
Montana State Seed Lab
Marsh Lab Room 40
1911 West Lincoln Street
Bozeman, MT 59718