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Texas fertilizer registration, tonnage report and fees

Texas's requirements in one page: licence, product registration, inspection fee, reporting frequency and late penalties — each with the official source. Agency: Office of the Texas State Chemist.

TEXAS · FERTILABEL RULE SHEETREVIEWED 2026-09-04
Licence
Permit and registration mandatory (Sec. 63.031)
Product registration
packages of 5 lb or less $50 · annual · ammonium nitrate $75 · no general per-product registration fee is published; $75 applies to ammonium nitrate registration and $50 to products in packages of 5 lb or less
Inspection fee
$0.36 per ton · annual minimum $100 · the $100 annual minimum is due with the first quarterly report and covers the first 277.78 tons · (Tex. Agric. Code 63.071)
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Tonnage report
Quarterly · within 31 days of the close · filing months: November, February, May, August · (Sec. 63.072)
Late penalty
15% or $50 · (Sec. 63.073)
Filing route
Company Portal · not accessible; filing by postal mail
Public registrant list
1,207 active registrant companies
Rules last reviewed
2026-09-04

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 Texas the reporting cycle is quarterly, so the work repeats four times 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 Texas?
Texas 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 Texas tonnage report due?
Quarterly · within 31 days of the close · filing months: November, February, May, August · (Sec. 63.072).
What happens if I file the Texas tonnage report late?
15% or $50 · (Sec. 63.073).
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.

Know the day Texas changes a rule

One email when a fee, a date or a form on this page changes, with the official source. Nothing else: no newsletter, no sales sequence. And a seat on the early-access list for the calendar, prefilled forms and fee math.

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Official sources

Rules for Texas last reviewed on 2026-09-04. Anything we could not read in an official source is marked “Not verified” above rather than filled in with a plausible value.