Notice is hereby given that the Arkansas Department of Agriculture is amending the Fertilizer Rules, 2 CAR Pt. 26. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Act 530 of 2025 amended Arkansas Code §§ 2-19-202(a)(1), 2-19-202(d)(1)(B)(i), 2-19-203(a), and 2-19-207, respectively, to designate the Department as the agency responsible for approving registration of commercial fertilizer and fertilizer materials sold in Arkansas. Section 7 amended Arkansas Code § 2-19-208(a)(2) to require the Department, instead of fertilizer registration applicants, to calculate and invoice applicants for the amount due per ton or fractional ton of fertilizer. Amendments to 2 CAR Pt. 26, Fertilizer Rules are being made to replace the State Plant Board with the Department as the agency responsible and to change the invoiced process from direct pay by the applicant to Department-billed.
A complete copy of the proposed rule amendments is available at https://agriculture.arkansas.gov/resources/public-information/rules/
Interested parties may submit comments to the proposed rule amendments until August 18, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Public comments will be accepted by email to [email protected] or by mail to Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Attn: Matthew M. Ford, 1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. Please identify which Rule that you seek to provide comments. Oral and written comments received during the public comment period will be made part of the record.