Title 2, Agriculture

(a) Before selling or offering for sale in this state complete fertilizer or fertilizer materials, all persons, companies, manufacturers, dealers, or agents shall brand, print, or attach to each bag or other container:(1) A true statement giving the name and address of the manufa…

(a) (1) If any commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material offered for sale in this state shall, upon official analysis, prove deficient from its guarantee as stated on the bag or other container, to the extent of three percent (3%) and not over five percent (5%), then the manuf…

(1) The inspectors for the Department of Agriculture shall obtain samples of fertilizer or fertilizer materials in the following manner:(1) They shall draw samples with a core instrument that shall not be less than twelve inches (12″) in length in a manner that will procure a rep…

(a) (1) Samples of fertilizer or fertilizer materials obtained by the inspectors shall be delivered to the Department of Agriculture which shall make or cause to be made a complete analysis thereof.(2) Analyses are to be made according to methods adopted by the AOAC International…

(a) (1) (A) All manufacturers and manipulators or agents representing them who have registered their brands in compliance with § 2-19-202 shall forward to the Department of Agriculture each month a report that shall reach its office on or before the twentieth day of the month in …

(a) The State Plant Board shall have authority to establish rules in regard to the enforcement of this subchapter and in regard to inspection, analysis, and sale of fertilizer or fertilizer materials that shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this subchapter. (b) The D…

All penalties received by the Department of Agriculture for failure to pay or report sums owed for fertilizer tonnage shall be remitted to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, to be credited to the University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, Soil Testing and …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Local legislation” means any ordinance, motion, resolution, amendment, regulation, or rule adopted by a political subdivision of this state; and(2) “Political subdivision” means any local governmental entity including without limitation, any city,…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Agricultural Liming Materials Act”.

Any person who shall violate any provision of this subchapter or any rule adopted under this subchapter shall upon conviction be guilty of a violation and fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense and not less than three hundred dollars ($300) for every…

(a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “liming material” means all or any form of limestone, lime rock, dolomite, marl, slag, by-product lime, brown lime, industry or factory refuse lime, and any other material moved, prepared, sold, or distributed…

(a) The Department of Agriculture through its authorized agents is authorized to select from any package, bulk load, or lot of liming material exposed for sale or distribution in this state a quantity not less than two pounds (2 lbs.) for a sample, to be used for the purpose of a…

(a) If any liming material offered for sale in this state shall, upon official analysis, prove deficient from its statement of guarantee to the extent of five percent (5%) or more, then the manufacturer, importer, or guarantor of the liming material shall be liable for two (2) ti…

(a) Before any liming material is sold or offered for sale or distribution in this state, the manufacturer, importer, or other guarantor, which is a person or firm that places or mixes liming materials of more than one (1) manufacturer in a stockpile, shall register each liming m…

(a) (1) (A) (i) All manufacturers, importers, and other guarantors who are registered under § 2-19-306(a) shall forward to the Department of Agriculture each quarter a report on forms prescribed by the department, not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each quarter.(ii)…

The State Plant Board is empowered to enforce the provisions of this subchapter and to prescribe and enforce such rules relating to the sale or distribution of liming materials as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the full intent and meaning of this subchapter.

This subchapter shall be known as the “Soil Amendment Act of 1977”.

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Active ingredient” means the ingredient or ingredients which are claimed to have beneficial effects on soil or crops growing on soils;(2) “Adulterated” means and shall apply to any soil amendment if:(A) It…

Any person convicted of violation of any provision of this subchapter or the rules promulgated under this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

This subchapter shall be administered by the State Plant Board.

(a) The authorized agents of the State Plant Board may inspect, sample, analyze, and test soil amendments distributed in this state at any time and place and to such extent as may be deemed necessary to determine whether soil amendments are in compliance with this subchapter. (b)…

The State Plant Board is authorized to adopt such rules as may be necessary to administer this subchapter, including methods of sampling, methods of analysis, and designation of ingredient forms, and to promulgate definitions of identity of products.

(a) Each container of a soil amendment shall be labeled on the face or display side in a readable and conspicuous form to show the following information:(1) The net weight of the contents;(2) The name of the product;(3) The guaranteed analysis, including the name and the percenta…

(a) (1) Each soil amendment product shall be registered with the board before it is distributed in this state.(2) Application for registration shall be submitted to the State Plant Board on a form prepared for that purpose showing the information required on the label, as provide…

(a) The State Plant Board shall refuse to register any product that does not comply with this subchapter and the rules promulgated under it. (b) (1) The board is also authorized and empowered to revoke any registration upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant or any of his …

(a) (1) The registrant shall pay to the State Plant Board an inspection fee of thirty-seven and one-half cents (37.5¢) per ton on all products registered and sold in this state.(2) Each registrant shall keep adequate records of sales and shall file with the board, on a monthly ba…

(1) It shall be a violation of this subchapter for any person to:(1) Distribute a soil amendment that is not registered with the State Plant Board;(2) Distribute a soil amendment that is not labeled;(3) Distribute a soil amendment that is misbranded;(4) Distribute a soil amendmen…

(a) The State Plant Board may issue and enforce a written or printed stop-sale, use, or removal order to the owner or custodian of any lot of soil amendment to hold the lot at a designated place when the board finds the soil amendment being offered or exposed for sale is not regi…

(a) The State Plant Board is authorized to apply for, and the court is authorized to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this subchapter or any rule promulgated under it, notwithstandin…

(a) The State Plant Board shall remit all moneys received by or for it under this subchapter to the Treasurer of State. (b) Upon receipt of any remittance, the Treasurer of State shall deposit the entire amount into the State Treasury and handle the funds in the same manner as re…