Terms Used In Iowa Code 200.13

  • commercial fertilizer: includes fertilizer and fertilizer materials and fertilizer-pesticide mixtures. See Iowa Code 200.3
  • distributor: means any person who imports, consigns, manufactures, produces, compounds, mixes, or blends commercial fertilizer, or who offers for sale, sells, barters, or otherwise distributes commercial fertilizer in this state. See Iowa Code 200.3
  • official sample: means any sample of commercial fertilizer taken by the secretary or the secretary's agent. See Iowa Code 200.3
  • Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Iowa Code 200.3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 The secretary shall publish at least annually, in such forms as the secretary may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial fertilizers, together with such data on their production and use as the secretary may consider advisable. The secretary shall report semiannually the results of the analysis based on official samples taken of commercial fertilizers sold within the state as compared with the analyses guaranteed under section 200.5 and section 200.6, together with name and address of the manufacturer or distributor of such commercial fertilizer at the time the official sample was taken. A copy of this semiannual report will be mailed by the secretary to each corresponding county extension director in the state.