License: Fertilizer License

Minnesota Department of Agriculture Dairy and Food Inspection Division external site

90 West Plato Boulevard

St. Paul, MN 55107

(651) 297-2200

A person may not sell or distribute bulk fertilizers for use on agricultural lands, custom apply fertilizers, or manufacture, blend, or otherwise manipulate fertilizers without first obtaining a license from the commissioner for each fixed location where the person does business within the state and one license for all fixed locations that are located outside of the state. Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) <div style="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <div style="font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Review:</strong></div> <div style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><br /></strong></div> <div style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><a href="https://www.mda.state.mn.us/pesticide-fertilizer/fertilizer-licensing" style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Fertilizer Licensing</a></strong></div> <div style="font-family: Arial;">Â </div> <div style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><a href="https://www.mda.state.mn.us/pesticide-fertilizer/fertilizer-licensing-faqs">MDA Fertilizer Licensing FAQs</a></strong></div> </div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></font></div> <div style=""><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial;">Applicants who manufacture or formulate fertilizer products must also submit a copy of a label/label facsimile and all labeling material used in this state for the promotion of each product manufactured or formulated.</span></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></font></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Fertilizer licensees must file an annual tonnage report for the previous year ending June 30 stating the number of net tons and grade of each raw fertilizer material sold or distributed in Minnesota during the reporting period. Tonnage reports are due on or before the last day of the month following the close of the reporting period. <br /> <br /></span></font></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Tonnage reports are not required to be submitted by a licensee who distributes fertilizer solely by custom application.</span></font></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></font></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">The inspection fee rate is set at $10 or 79 cents per ton of fertilizer, whichever is greater, plus an Agricultural Chemical Response and Reimbursement surcharge of 17 cents per ton.</span></font></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></font></div> <div style=""><font face="Arial" color="#333333"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">If a tonnage report is not filed with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture within 31 days after the end of the reporting period, a penalty fee of $50 or 10% of the total inspection fee due on that report, whichever is greater, is added to the inspection fee due. <br /> <br /></span></font></div> <div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9pt;">Â </div> </div> None