Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 80. AGRICULTURE

CHAPTER 10. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS

Part 2. Licensing and Registration

Labeling

80-10-204. Labeling. (1) All commercial fertilizer distributed in this state in containers must have affixed to the container a label setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information:

(a) net weight;

(b) name and address of the registrant or guarantor;

(c) brand;

(d) grade, except if no primary nutrients are claimed;

(e) guaranteed analysis;

(f) directions for use of the fertilizer by the end user; and

(g) other requirements as established by rule.

(2) Any bin in the state in which commercial fertilizer is stored for distribution must have affixed to or printed on it a label setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form:

(a) the guaranteed analysis of the product in the bin; and

(b) other requirements established by rule.

(3) All commercial fertilizer delivered in this state in bulk, whether a manufactured grade or blended grade, must be accompanied by a clearly legible document that must be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery. The document must show:

(a) net weight;

(b) name and address of the licensee, registrant, or guarantor;

(c) guaranteed analysis or, on custom-blended fertilizer, the net weight and guaranteed analysis of each ingredient added; and

(d) other requirements as established by rule.

(4) (a) When distributed in containers, soil amendments must have a label affixed to the container setting forth in clearly legible and conspicuous form the following information:

(i) net weight;

(ii) name and address of the registrant or guarantor;

(iii) brand and product name;

(iv) guaranteed analysis;

(v) soil amending ingredients listed in the following form:

Name of ingredient (identify and list all)%

Total other ingredients%

(vi) purpose of the product; and

(vii) other requirements, such as particle size, as established by rule.

(b) In the case of bulk shipments of soil amendments, the information required in subsection (4)(a) must be in clearly legible written or printed form, must accompany delivery, and must be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.

History: En. 3-1716.1 by Sec. 4, Ch. 279, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 3-1716.1; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 197, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2607, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 395, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 339, L. 2017.