Fee Holiday For Pesticide And Fertilizer Licensees
Sunday, May 12th, 2019 -- 11:22 AM
A fee holiday for pesticide and fertilizer licensees for farmers purchasing fertilizer will continue into 2020.Wisconsin Ag Connection reports that's according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, which confirmed that state fertilizer dealers will omit the ACCP surcharge from their customers' bills for a second year in a row. State Agriculture Secretary Brad Pfaff says this marks the third year that pesticide and fertilizer businesses, commercial pesticide applicators, and pesticide manufacturers will not have to pay the fee. The ACCP surcharge goes into the Agricultural Chemical Cleanup Program fund to help pay for the costs of cleaning up spills.
The fee holiday will extend through June 2020 for fertilizer sales, and through the 2019-20 license year for other permits. The surcharge is based on the level of the ACCP fund on May 1 of each year. When the fund remains above $1.5 million, the department does not levy the surcharge.
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