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Massachusetts fertilizer registration, tonnage report and fees

Massachusetts's requirements in one page: licence, product registration, inspection fee, reporting frequency and late penalties — each with the official source. Agency: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR).

“shall on or before January first and July first of each year file with the commissioner, along with the inspection fee, a statement”
MASSACHUSETTS · FERTILABEL RULE SHEETREVIEWED 2026-09-19
Licence
$250 · per firm (licence to manufacture and distribute, agricultural use) · annual · expires 31 December · the agency charges $250; the statute still reads $125 - see the open discrepancy. Renewal window opens 1 October; renew by 31 December · (M.G.L. c.128 s.66)
Product registration
$100 · per specialty product (and each soil conditioner or liming material) · annual · expires 31 December · only specialty fertilizers, soil conditioners and liming materials register; agricultural fertilizer is covered by the firm licence. The agency charges $100; the statute reads $25. Packages of 10 lb or less: a combined $25 registration and inspection fee per brand and grade under the statute, in place of the per-ton fee · (M.G.L. c.128 ss.66, 68)
Inspection fee
$0.15 per ton · minimum $5 · the regulation writes it as '0.15 cents per ton'; the agency page says $0.15. We follow the agency page and flag it · (330 CMR 15.05(1))
Work out the Massachusetts fee for a given tonnage →
Tonnage report
Semiannual · due 1 January and 1 July · period 1 July to 31 December and 1 January to 30 June · the due date falls on the day after the period closes: in practice the report is prepared before the period ends. Filed on EEA ePLACE · (M.G.L. c.128 s.69)
Late penalty
no late-filing fee found in M.G.L. c.128 ss.64-83 or 330 CMR 15 · only deficiency and short-weight penalties are published
Filing route
EEA ePLACE · covers licence, registration, tonnage
Public registrant list
None found
Rules last reviewed
2026-09-19
Open discrepancy — read this before you file. Two official sources for Massachusetts do not agree on the following, and we will not guess:

Confirm with the agency before relying on it. When we close it, this page changes and the source is cited.

What this means in practice

Every state sets its own calendar, its own fee and its own filing route, and none of them warn you before a deadline passes. In Massachusetts the reporting cycle is semiannual, so the work repeats twice a year for as long as you distribute there.

If you also sell in other states, none of those dates line up. That is the whole problem Fertilabel exists to solve: one calendar, one place, every form prefilled, every fee calculated, and the official source next to every rule so your own team can check it.

Questions

Do I need to register my fertilizer product in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts regulates fertilizer at state level — there is no federal fertilizer registry in the United States. The licence and registration requirements above come from the official sources listed at the foot of this page. Confirm your specific product with the agency: what applies depends on the product type and package size.
How often is the Massachusetts tonnage report due?
Semiannual · due 1 January and 1 July · period 1 July to 31 December and 1 January to 30 June · the due date falls on the day after the period closes: in practice the report is prepared before the period ends. Filed on EEA ePLACE · (M.G.L. c.128 s.69).
What happens if I file the Massachusetts tonnage report late?
no late-filing fee found in M.G.L. c.128 ss.64-83 or 330 CMR 15 · only deficiency and short-weight penalties are published.
Does Fertilabel file this for me?
No. We prepare the calendar, the prefilled forms and the fee math, and you submit under your own state account. You stay the registrant of record. We are not a law firm and we do not give legal advice.

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Official sources

Rules for Massachusetts last reviewed on 2026-09-19. Anything we could not read in an official source is marked “Not verified” above rather than filled in with a plausible value.