In 2011, the Indiana General Assembly directed the Office of Indiana State Chemist, IC 15-16-2-44(b), to establish a certification program relating to the application and transportation of fertilizer materials.
Who Needs a Fertilizer Business License?
- Any Confined Feeding Operation (CFO) that distributes manure off the farm, and also handles, transports, or applies manure, requires a Fertilizer Business License.
- Any commercial fertilizer business that does handle, transport, or apply the manure, requires a Fertilizer Business License.
- A Fertilizer Business License also requires a Commercial applicator with Category 14 Certification.
- It is renewed annually on December 31.
- Recordkeeping is required as part of the Fertilizer Business License.
- View the Commercial Agriculture Fertilizer Credentials Application.
Who Needs a Fertilizer Distribution License?
- Any CFO that distributes manure off the farm, that does not transport, or apply that manure, requires a Fertilizer Distribution License.
- Any commercial fertilizer business that does not transport, or apply the manure, requires a Fertilizer Distribution License.
- Recordkeeping is required as part of the Fertilizer Distribution License.
- It is renewed annually on December 31.
- View the Commercial Agriculture Fertilizer Credentials Application.
Who Needs a Private Manure License?
- Any individual that applies manure from an IDEM permitted CFO or from a facility that would be permitted if it were in Indiana to ground they control.
- You may not distribute manure with a Private Manure License.
- Recordkeeping is required as part of the Private Manure License.
- View the Recordkeeping Requirements.
- View the Private Manure License.
Use this flow chart to see what kind of license you need.