Fertilizer Transparency Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Representative Johnson (SD)
Introduced
Summary
Mandatory weekly fertilizer price and quantity reporting would create a federal market-data system for nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It aims to give farmers timely regional prices and promote competition in fertilizer markets.
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- Farmers and market participants would get a public dashboard with aggregated national and regional price and quantity data at least weekly, helping inform buying and marketing choices.
- Manufacturers and wholesalers would face weekly reporting duties for prices and quantities of marketed fertilizer and fertilizer products, and would need to separate domestic activity from foreign-affiliated activity; affiliates are defined at a 5% ownership threshold.
- Cooperatives and non-manufacturer retailers would be exempt from mandatory reporting but could voluntarily and confidentially report; the cooperative definition covers entities at least 25% owned by a cooperative.
- The Department of Agriculture would run a Fertilizer Retail Survey within Market News to collect retail prices, publish weekly summaries, and protect confidential business information; Freedom of Information Act disclosures would not be permitted for the reported data.
- The Secretary could perform competitive effects analyses of the data and the bill explicitly preserves existing antitrust laws, including the Clayton Act and applicable parts of the Federal Trade Commission Act.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Weekly fertilizer price reports for farms
This bill would require USDA to run a weekly fertilizer price and quantity reporting program through Market News. Corporate officers or designated representatives of manufacturers and wholesalers (not cooperatives) would need to report weekly prices and quantities for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and for fertilizer products. Cooperatives and non-manufacturer retailers would be exempt from mandatory reporting but could report confidentially to USDA. USDA would also run weekly retail price surveys and publish national and regional benchmarks and a dashboard. Reported data would be aggregated to protect confidential business information and reporter identities and would not be released under FOIA. The Secretary would review the reporting rules at least every two years and could add reporting requirements after notice and comment. If enacted, the program would start upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Johnson (SD)
SD • R
Cosponsors
Craig
MN • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
KS • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
IA • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Budzinski
IL • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
IA • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Riley (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Feenstra
IA • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
MN • R
Sponsored 4/13/2026
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 4/20/2026
LaHood
IL • R
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]
MD • D
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 5/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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