Association of American Plant Food Control Officials AAPFCO

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Association of American Plant Food Control
Officials AAPFCO

• NASDA Annual Meeting
• Seattle, WA
• September 22, 2007
• Joseph Slater
• Secretary

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Board of Directors 07-08

• President Chris Mason, NV
• President-Elect David Howle, SC
• Immediate-Past Pres. Garry Wagner, ND
• Secretary Joseph Slater, MO
• Treasurer Jamey Johnson, AR
• Director 2005 Weldon Collier, FL
• Director 2006 Kenny Naylor, OK
• Director 2007 Devlin Grove, IN

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Environmental Affairs

• The Cobalt level in SUIP 25 be lowered from 3,100
  to 136 ppm for phosphate containing fertilizers
  and from 23,000 to 2,228 ppm for micronutrient
  containing fertilizers. These lowered limits
  were identified as necessary because of the beef
  pathway that had not previously been considered.

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Uniform Bills

• Bulk Compost Rules for Fertilizer when nutrient
  claims are made.
• Approval of four terms defining blended products
  and procedures Blender, Blending, Custom Blend
  Application
• Continued publication of Resolution Concerning
  Local Fertilizer Regulation

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• Whereas the Association of American Plant Food
  Control Officials (AAPFCO) is vitally interested
  in the protection of the environment and
• Whereas AAPFCO believes that appropriate
  fertilizer use can improve the quality of the
  environment and
• Whereas AAPFCO recognizes that the regulation of
  fertilizers must be based on sound scientific
  principles and
• Whereas AAPFCO recognizes that local ordinances
  regulating the registration, labeling, packaging,
  sale, storage, distribution, use and application
  of fertilizer can significantly disrupt the
  uniform movement of these products in commerce
  and harm the environment and
• Whereas municipalities and other forms of local
  government may lack the proper scientific
  expertise to properly and adequately regulate
  fertilizers
• THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Association of
  American Plant Food Control Officials does not
  support the development of local regulation of
  fertilizers by political subdivisions below the
  level of the State and
• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Association
  recommends that all states move quickly to
  develop legislation that prohibits the regulation
  of fertilizers below the level of the State in
  order to insure that these materials are
  regulated based on sound scientific principles
  needed to protect the environment.

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Labeling and Definitions

• Raised to Official
• T-9 Secondary and Micro Plant Nutrients
• T-64 Humic Acid
• T-65 Humate
• T-73 Beneficial Substances or Compounds
• N-49 Urea Phosphite
• C-21 Magnesium MEA
• C-22 Calcium MEA
• Co-1 Cobalt MEA
• Cu-20 Copper MEA
• Fe-23 Iron MEA
• Mn-18 Manganese MEA
• Zn-21 Zinc MEA

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Labeling Definitions

• Proposed as Tentative 2007
• SUIP 28 Products intended for use as Organic
  Input may make statements on the product label
  that affirm that the product is in accord with
  the National Organics Program (NOP) (e.g.
  Suitable for organic farming, acceptable for
  use in organic production, meets National
  Organic Program requirements of organic
  production, meets USDA standards for organic
  production), and may use the logos issued by
  recognized agencies such as OMRI (Organic
  Materials Review Institute), USDA, certifying
  agencies, state programs, or other recognized
  organic input listing services. Such statements
  about organic inputs are exempt from
  requirements pertaining to organic labeling under
  the fertilizer law.
• T-71 Slow Release
• T-72 Stabilized
• BSC-1 Available Silicon (Si)
• BSC-2 Calcium Silicate
• BSC-3 Potassium Silicate
• BSC-4 Sodium Silicate

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Committee Meetings

• Environmental Affairs (Sub-Committee, Nutrient
  Management Sub- Committee By-Products Recycled
  Materials)
• Laboratory Services
• Uniform Bills (Sub-Committee, Soil
  Amendments)
• Magruder
• Uniform Reports
• Slow Release
• Labeling Definitions
• Best Management Practices Sub-Committee Plant
  Security
• Seminars
• Education Information
• Long Range Planning.

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Thank You for allowing your staff, our members to
attend.