Fertilizer Facility License
- Exam
- No exam
- Education
- None
- Experience
- None
- Background check
- None
The Fertilizer program works to ensure public safety and a fair marketplace by providing oversight of fertilizer products sold in the state. The program administers and enforces the Fertilizer Laws and Regulations, Soil Amendment Act, 100% Natural Organic Fertilizer Act. The program’s oversight duties involve inspection of facilities, reviewing producer labeling practices, and random sampling from retail sites and distribution points for laboratory testing against label claims. The program also investigates all claims of product contamination, inferior quality, and unlicensed activity brought to its attention. The Fertilizer Facility License is required for all manufacturers, jobbers, blenders and manipulators and storage of of commercial fertilizer and fertilizer materials in the state of Arkansas. The annual license fee is $50 and expires on 30 JUN of each year.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Tied to business
- Exam
- No exam
- Education
- No education required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- No experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
- Military and veterans
- A temporary license available to military and spouses until formal license approval
Issuing body
- Department
- Arkansas Department of Agriculture
- Division
- Feed and Fertilizer Division
- Address
- 1 Natural Resource Drive Little Rock, AR 72205
- Phone
- (501) 225-1598
- Agency website
- www.agriculture.arkansas.gov
- Licence page
- https://www.agriculture.arkansas.gov/plant-industries/feed-and-fertilizer-section/fertilizer/
- Last updated
- June 28, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Pesticide Applicator 37-3012.00
Source and verification
This record is Arkansas's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Feed and Fertilizer Division — see the issuing body section above.
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