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Vermont fertilizer registration, tonnage report and fees

Vermont's requirements in one page: licence, product registration, inspection fee, reporting frequency and late penalties — each with the official source. Agency: Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets.

“shall report annually on or before January 15 for the previous year ending December 31”
VERMONT · FERTILABEL RULE SHEETREVIEWED 2026-09-19
Licence
No firm licence in 6 V.S.A. ch. 28 · (6 V.S.A. ch. 28)
Product registration
$85 · per grade or formulation · annual · expires 31 December · agricultural lime $50 per product. The agency asks for renewals by 30 November · (6 V.S.A. 364)
Inspection fee
$0.50 per ton · minimum $150 · $30 PER TON on nonagricultural (lawn, garden, specialty) fertilizer - sixty times the agricultural rate. The $150 minimum is due even with no Vermont sales · (6 V.S.A. 366(a))
Work out the Vermont fee for a given tonnage →
Tonnage report
Annual · due 15 January · period calendar year · (6 V.S.A. 366(b))
Late penalty
no late fee (agency FAQ); failure to report or pay is subject to an administrative penalty · (6 V.S.A. 378, 380)
Filing route
USAPlants Vermont · covers registration · new accounts start on paper
Public registrant list
Vermont Registered Fertilizer Products search (USAPlants)
Rules last reviewed
2026-09-19

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 Vermont the reporting cycle is annual, so the work repeats once 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 Vermont?
Vermont 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 Vermont tonnage report due?
Annual · due 15 January · period calendar year · (6 V.S.A. 366(b)).
What happens if I file the Vermont tonnage report late?
no late fee (agency FAQ); failure to report or pay is subject to an administrative penalty · (6 V.S.A. 378, 380).
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 Vermont 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 Vermont 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.