PUBLICATIONS AND PROGRAMS
Please click on a topic of interest for more information:
- AAPFCO Official Publication
- AAPFCO Operations Manual
- AAPFCO Brochures
- Inspection Manual
- Inspection Video
- Laboratory Manual
- Commercial Fertilizer
- Magruder Check Sample Program
- Other Publications:
- Credit Card Payment Form
AAPFCO Official Publication
This is the source of information for AAPFCO, its membership, Rules & Standards
(including the model "Uniform State Fertilizer Bill" and other model bills),
Uniform Policy Statements and Official Terms. Also contained are meeting, committee
and financial reports, and also directories of State and National Control Officials.
ORDER the Official Publication
AAPFCO Operations Manual
The history and structure of AAPFCO and its committees. Association operations are described, including information on hosting an annual meeting.
DOWNLOAD the Operations Manual
- DOWNLOAD PDF - Uniformity by Concensus
- DOWNLOAD PDF - Models of Uniformity
The Seminars Committee encourages each state to provide a copy of the AAPFCO
Inspection Manual for each of their fertilizer inspectors and to have at least
one copy of the AAPFCO Inspection Video in their office.
NOTE: The Inspection Manual is available as a separate publication; however,
it is also part of the Official Publication. Please consider this before
making your purchase.
ORDER the Inspection Manual
Inspection Video
The Inspection Video was professionally made by the production facilities
of CF Industries in cooperation with TFI and AAPFCO's Inspection and Sampling
Subcommittee of the Seminars Committee.
ORDER the Inspection Video
Laboratory Manual
The Laboratory Services Committee has produced this manual on sampling for the laboratory.
ORDER the Laboratory Manual
"Commercial Fertilizers 2007" is available; all earlier versions are still
available. National fertilizer use data are available in a hard-copy publication,
"Commercial Fertilizers 2007", which is available from The Fertilizer Institute
(TFI). The Association of American Plant Food Control Officials (AAPFCO),
in partnership with TFI, has published the 2007 edition of the Commercial Fertilizer
Report. The report, which documents consumption by nutrient and by state,
is $30 per copy for members of TFI and AAPFCO, and $100 per copy for non-members. To
order a copy of the Commercial Fertilizer 2007, please contact Valerie Sutton,
TFI Manager of Administration and Economic Services, by telephone: (202) 515-2709,
or by e-mail: vbrown@tfi.org. Earlier
data is available for $100 per copy.
The data are also available in a computer file from: Joe Slater, Fert./Ag-Lime
Control Service, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211-8080,
Telephone: (573) 882-0007, Fax: (573) 882-4543, E-mail: slaterj@missouri.edu.
ASCII and LOTUS formats of the Commercial Fertilizer 2007 data are available. AAPFCO
sells the FY2007 and FY2006 data sets for $300 each. All others from 1985-2005
are $100 each. The data are available on 3.5" diskette, CD, or via e-mail. Send
your order via e-mail stating the format you prefer and include the year(s) and
the media form you wish to receive.
ORDER the Commercial Fertilizer
2007 publication (this form can be filled out on-screen and printed)
Magruder Check Sample Program
"Round robin" samples are frequently used to provide comparisons of analytical
results. The first program using statistical techniques to evaluate fertilizer
sample results was the Magruder Check Sample Program. Each subscribing
laboratory receives one or two samples each month. These samples typically
contain varying levels of the primary nutrients (N, P, & K) as
well as secondary (Ca, Mg & S) and many micro-nutrients of interest. In addition,
requests for analysis of contaminants of interest, including trace metals (As,
Cd, Cr, Co, Hg, Pb, Ni, & Se) are often requested. Samples are analyzed
according to methods chosen by the participating laboratory. The results, with
method designations are reported directly to the statistician. A comprehensive
statistical report is prepared, noting inter-laboratory bias and precision, with
a coded ranking of individual laboratories. These reports are sent to subscribers
for performance evaluation. Laboratories are identified only by number, with
laboratory identification and performance held in strict confidence.
DOWNLOAD PDF - Brochure, Magruder Check Sample Program
VISIT the website to subscribe to this program
UFTRS - A program for State Tracking
of Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting and Sales
DOWNLOAD ZIP - the current version of UFTRS
(Now compatible with Office XP
& 2003)
- UFTRS User Manual - PDF or DOC
- Installation/Update - PDF or DOC
- Optional Browser Update file - COMDLG32.OCX and strip.exe file - Read manual for details
- "How to Format the UFTRS Text File" PDF - (Import File)
DOWNLOAD - Zip file
DOWNLOAD PDF - this form can be used for dues and publication payments