Title V, AGRICULTURE (Ch. 159 - 215A)

The secretary may issue and enforce a written or printed “stop sale, use or removal” order to the owner or custodian of any lot of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance, if the secretary finds the commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance is being offered or exposed f…

Any lot of commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county or adjoining county in which the commercial fertilizer or be…

A licensee who sells ammonium nitrate on a retail basis shall comply with all of the following: 1. The licensee shall store the ammonium nitrate in a location which secures it from unauthorized access, and which prevents and provides for the detection of its theft. 2. A licensee …

1. If it shall appear from the examination of any commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance or any anhydrous ammonia installation, equipment, or operation that a provision of this chapter , including any rule adopted under this chapter , have been violated, the secretary shal…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers or beneficial substances to each other by importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipme…

This chapter shall be administered by the secretary of agriculture. [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §200.2 ] 2021 Acts, ch 76, §44

1. Except as provided in subsection 2 , a person shall not sell, offer for sale, or distribute any of the following: a. Phosphatic fertilizer containing less than eighteen percent available phosphoric acid (P 2 O 5 ). b. Nitrogen fertilizer containing less than fifteen percent to…

In a nuisance action or proceeding against an anhydrous ammonia plant brought by or on behalf of the person whose established date of ownership is subsequent to the established date of operation of an anhydrous ammonia plant, proof of compliance with applicable provisions of this…

1. As used in this section : a. “Local governmental entity” means any political subdivision, or any state authority which is not the general assembly or under the direction of a principal central department as enumerated in section 7E.5 , including a city as defined in section 36…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Ammonium nitrate” means a compound that is chiefly composed of ammonium salt of nitric acid which contains not less than thirty-three percent nitrogen, one-half of which is in the ammonium form and one-half in t…

1. Any person who manufactures, mixes, blends, mixes to customer’s order, offers for sale, sells, or distributes any fertilizer or beneficial substance in this state must first obtain a license issued by the secretary and pay a twenty dollar license fee for each place of manufact…

1. Each brand and grade of commercial fertilizer and each beneficial substance shall be registered before being offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed in this state; except that a commercial fertilizer formulated according to special specifications furnished by a consum…

1. a. Any commercial fertilizer offered for sale or sold or distributed in this state in bags or other containers shall have placed on or affixed to the container in legibly written or printed form, the information required by section 200.5, subsection 2 , either on tags affixed …

Only those persons licensed under section 200.4 shall be permitted to add pesticides to commercial fertilizers. These persons shall at all times produce a uniform mixture of fertilizer and pesticide and shall register and label their product in compliance with both chapter 206 an…

1. a. There shall be paid by the licensee to the secretary for any commercial fertilizer or beneficial substance sold or distributed in this state, an inspection fee to be fixed annually by the secretary at not more than twenty cents per ton. The sale of a commercial fertilizer o…

Fees collected for licenses and inspection fees under sections 200.4 and 200.8 , with the exception of those fees collected for deposit in the agriculture management account of the groundwater protection fund, shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. Moneys deposited …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited by the short title of “Bulk Dry Animal Nutrient Products Law” . 98 Acts, ch 1145, §1

1. The department shall maintain a laboratory with the equipment and employees necessary to conduct examinations of bulk dry animal nutrient products and to effectively administer and enforce this chapter . 2. The department, or a person authorized as an agent by the department, …

1. A person shall not distribute a bulk dry animal nutrient product containing any substance used as filler material if any of the following applies: a. The filler injures plant growth or is deleterious to soil. b. The person distributing the bulk product misrepresents or deceive…

In enforcing this chapter the department may do any of the following: 1. a. Take disciplinary action concerning a registration of a bulk dry animal nutrient product as provided in section 200A.6 or the license of a person distributing a bulk product as provided in section 200A.5 …

1. A person violating a provision of this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. a. If, after a departmental investigation, it appears that a person is in violation of this chapter , the department shall notify the person of the violation and provide the person with an opp…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or prohibit any of the following: 1. The distribution of a bulk product to importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix bulk dry animal nutrient products for distribution. 2. The shipment of a bulk product to a person li…

Fees and delinquency penalties collected by the department pursuant to this chapter , including section 200A.9 , shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. However, the department may allocate moneys to the Iowa agricultural experiment station for research, work project…

The purpose of this chapter is to regulate certain bulk dry animal manure for use as a fertilizer or beneficial substance, which is unmanipulated and therefore not subject to regulation under chapter 200 . 98 Acts, ch 1145, §2 ; 2025 Acts, ch 134, §19 Section amended

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Advertise” means to present a commercial message in any medium including but not limited to print, radio, television, sign, display, label, tag, or articulation. 2. “Bulk dry animal nutrient product” or “bulk pr…

1. The department shall adopt all rules necessary to administer this chapter including but not limited to rules regulating licensure, labeling, registration, distribution, and storage of bulk dry animal nutrient products. A violation of this chapter includes a violation of any ru…

A person who distributes a bulk dry animal nutrient product in this state must first obtain a license from the department. A license application must be submitted to the department on a form furnished by the department according to procedures required by the department. A license…

1. A person shall not distribute a bulk dry animal nutrient product unless the bulk product is registered with the department under this section . The department shall register each bulk product which complies with the requirements of this chapter . If the department determines t…

1. The distribution of a bulk dry animal nutrient product must be accompanied by a written or printed distribution statement which may be prepared on a form furnished by the department. The distribution statement shall include all of the following information: a. The bulk product…

1. A person required to be licensed pursuant to section 200A.5 shall file a distribution report with the department on forms furnished by the department reporting information regarding the person’s distribution of bulk products. 2. The report shall be filed with the department no…

1. A person required to obtain a license as provided in section 200A.5 shall pay the department a fee equal to twenty dollars for each place from which the person distributes a bulk product in this state. 2. a. The first person who distributes a bulk product, who is required to b…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Agricultural Liming Material Act” . 96 Acts, ch 1096, §3, 15

1. A person violating this chapter or rules adopted by the department under this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 2. The department shall provide for the prosecution of a violation of this chapter by referring the violation to the county attorney in the county where the…

Fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the state. Moneys deposited under this section to the general fund shall be used only by the department for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter , including inspection…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agricultural liming material” means a product having calcium and magnesium compounds capable of neutralizing soil acidity. 2. “Brand” means the term, designation, trade name, product name, or other specific desi…

Agricultural liming material shall not be distributed in this state unless the manufacturer of the agricultural liming material obtains a license for each facility owned by the manufacturer for distribution in this state. The manufacturer shall obtain the license prior to the fac…

1. Agricultural liming material shall not be sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in this state unless a label accompanies the agricultural liming material which provides the following information: a. The name and address of the principal office of the manufacturer or dist…

The department shall inspect agricultural liming material distributed in this state and investigate persons engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing, selling, offering for sale, or exposing for sale agricultural liming material in this state. Inspections and investi…

The department shall certify the effective calcium carbonate equivalent for all agricultural liming material, as provided by rules adopted by the department. The department may establish a fee for analyzing samples of agricultural liming material. The department shall issue a rep…

A person shall not sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale agricultural liming material which includes material which is toxic to plants, animals, human, or aquatic life, or which causes soil or water contamination, as provided by rules adopted by the department. 96 Acts, ch 109…

The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A required to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter . 96 Acts, ch 1096, §10, 15

If the department finds that agricultural liming material is being manufactured, used, sold, offered for sale, or exposed for sale in violation of this chapter , the department may enforce the provisions of this chapter by doing any of the following: 1. Issuing and enforcing a st…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Active contractor” means a person who owns a commodity that is produced by a contract producer at the contract producer’s contract operation pursuant to a production contract executed pursuant to section 202.2 .…

Production contracts governed by this chapter . 1. This chapter applies to a production contract that relates to the production of a commodity owned by an active contractor and produced by a contract producer at the contract producer’s contract operation, if one of the following …

1. A contractor shall not on or after May 24, 1999, enforce a provision in a production contract if the provision provides that information contained in the production contract is confidential. 2. A provision which is part of a production contract is void if the provision states …

1. The attorney general’s office is the primary agency responsible for enforcing this chapter . 2. In enforcing the provisions of this chapter , the attorney general may do all of the following: a. Apply to the district court for an injunction to do any of the following: (1) Rest…