Title: Specialty Fertilizer Registration
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Description: A person may not sell brands or grades of specialty fertilizers in Minnesota unless they are registered. Registration of a fertilizer is not a warranty by the state. Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA)
Subject: Fertilizers
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:17:34 PM
Modification Date: 8/9/2024 11:08:20 AM
Agency Name: Agriculture (MDA), Minnesota Department of
Agency URL: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/
Agency Description:
The mission of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is to enhance all Minnesotans’ quality of life by equitably ensuring the integrity of our food supply, the health of our environment, and the strength and resilience of our agricultural economy.
Agency Phone: 651-201-6000
800-967-2474
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://www.mda.state.mn.us/
Agency Address:
625 N. Robert Street
St. Paul
MN
55155
Division Name: Pesticide & Fertilizer Management
Division URL:
Division Description:
Division Phone: Division Fax: Division URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL:
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:
MDA oversees the sale, use, distribution, transfer, labeling and storage of specialty fertilizers. Our objective is to promote fair trade practices among businesses that sell specialty fertilizer products and to ensure labels are accurate and understandable.
Rules: 1510.0410 - .0422
Statutes: 18C.411
Forms:
Fees:
The annual application fee for registration of a specialty fertilizer is $100 for each brand and grade to be sold or distributed.
Application fees are nonrefundable. Therefore, we recommend that copies of labels or proposed labels be submitted to us for review and comment prior to submission of a registration application. This may prevent the loss of fees in case a product registration is denied
Period of Issuance:
The registration period is effective until January 1 following the date of issuance or approval. The application for renewal of a registration of a product must be filed with us on or before December 31 the previous year or an additional application (penalty) fee of one-half of the application fee ($50) is due.
A product registration is not transferable from one person to another or from the ownership to whom the registration is issued to another ownership.
Length of Determination: Up to two months.
Other Info:
Activity: Fertilizer
License Detail URL:
Specialty Fertilizer Registration

