Seed bag tags can throw you for a loop if you fail to pay attention to what they’re telling you, because they tell you everything that’s important about your bag of seed. When you look at a seed label, you’ll see numbers, many numbers. All those numbers are significant; the Federal Seed Act and all state seed laws require a seed label. In fact, the U.S. has some of the most stringent seed laws in the world. The seed label reflects those laws.
Many people don’t even pay attention to bag tags. That is mistake. With food plots and other conservation practices, you need to know WHAT to plant, but maybe more important, HOW MUCH to plant. And you want to be sure the bag or bags don’t have seeds you don’t want. Understanding the seed label will allow proper decisionmaking when planning and installing any seeding.
It is essential to know and properly interpret what is in the bag. One of the most important parts of establishing desired
