Plant Industry - Fertilizer Section
Danny Turner, Administrator
The Fertilizer Section implements the North Carolina Fertilizer Law, the North Carolina Agricultural Liming Materials and Landplaster Act, and the North Carolina Soil Additives Act. The overall goal of the program is to assure consumers, distributors, and manufacturers of the quality of fertilizers, agricultural liming materials, landplaster, and soil additives in the channels of trade in North Carolina. To accomplish this goal, Fertilizer Section staff randomly sample fertilizer and lime to (1) assure products in the marketplace are true to grade, (2) enforce labeling requirements, and (3) test for potentially contaminated products. We have streamlined the section by combining the duties of the seed and fertilizer inspectors. These employees have been cross-trained and are now implementing both the seed and fertilizer regulatory field inspections. In FY 2006, penalties totaling 223,198 were assessed on fertilizer and lime in North Carolina. Also during the year, 31 ‘Stop Sale, Use, or Removal’ orders were issued on fertilizer and lime in North Carolina. The following information summarizes the different parts of the program and accomplishments of FY 2005-2006.
North Carolina farmers and other users of fertilizer and lime took advantage of early and mild spring conditions during 2006. In doing so, fertilizer tonnage usage was up approximately 8% and lime tonnage applied increased approximately 16.5%. The North Carolina fertilizer industry is still undergoing changes with outlets servicing larger territories as farmers increase their farm size.
Tables 1 and 2 indicate data of fertilizer samples analyzed and liming materials and landplaster samples analyzed for FY 2006 compared to the previous four years.
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FERTILIZER SAMPLING AND TONNAGE
Table 1: data of fertilizer samples analyzed for the 2006 fiscal year compared to the previous four years
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Year |
#Samples |
#Compliant |
%
Compliant |
Tonnage Reported |
Tonnage Sampled |
%
Sampled |
| 2007-08 |
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| 2006-07 |
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2005-06 |
2,448 |
1'816 |
74.10 |
1,511,419 |
37,253 |
2.46 |
2004-05 |
2,662 |
2,065 |
77.57 |
1,400,426 |
44,352 |
3.17 |
2003-04 |
2,773 |
2,019 |
72.81 |
1,591,225 |
50,458 |
3.17 |
2002-03 |
3,468 |
2,621 |
75.58 |
1,399,516 |
299,488 |
21,39 |
2001-02 |
3,476 |
2,743 |
78.90 |
1,300,706 |
71,017 |
5.45 |
2000-01 |
3,256 |
2,542 |
78.07 |
1,966,197 |
64,035 |
3.26 |
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LIME SAMPLING AND TONNAGE
Table 2: data of liming material and landplaster samples reported for FY 2006 compared to the previous four years
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Year |
#Samples |
#Compliant |
%
Compliant |
Tonnage Reported |
Tonnage Sampled |
%
Sampled |
2005-2006 |
1'021 |
805 |
78.80 |
914,990 |
48'200 |
5.27 |
2004-05 |
1,114 |
959 |
59.16 |
784,620 |
60,885 |
7.76 |
2003-04 |
719 |
613 |
85.26 |
787,186 |
31,793 |
4.04 |
2002-03 |
770 |
618 |
80.26 |
695,564 |
112,286 |
16.00 |
2001-02 |
823 |
714 |
86.76 |
1,032,178 |
39,826 |
3.85 |
2000-01 |
1,143 |
982 |
86.00 |
1,044,009 |
58,919 |
5.64 |
Liming material and landplaster tonnage reported in North Carolina increased by 16% during FY 2006as compared to 2005..
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