2015 New York Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 10 - (Agriculture & Markets) SALE AND ANALYSIS OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER
144 - Guaranteed analysis.

 144. Guaranteed   analysis.  Guaranteed  analysis  shall  contain  a
  statement of chemical composition in the following form:
a. A statement of the minimum percentage of  claimed  plant  nutrients
  shall  be  expressed  in  whole  numbers  or  as  decimal  fractions for
  specialty fertilizers and in whole  numbers  for  all  other  commercial
  fertilizers, as follows:
    Total nitrogen (N)..........................percent
    Available phosphoric acid (P2O5) or available
    phosphate P2O5..............................percent
    Soluble potash (K2O)........................percent
b. For unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag, bone,
  tankage and other organic phosphate materials, the total phosphoric acid
  and/or  degree  of fineness may also be guaranteed if expressed in whole
  numbers.
c. Guarantees for plant nutrients except phosphoric  acid  and  potash
  shall  be expressed in the form of the element in a manner prescribed by
  the commissioner. The sources of such  other  nutrients  (oxides,  salt,
  chelates,  etc.)  may  be  included  as a parenthetical statement on the
  label.  Other  beneficial  substances  or  compounds,  determinable   by
  laboratory  methods,  also  may be guaranteed if approved in regulations
  promulgated by the commissioner.
d. A statement of the potential basicity or acidity expressed in terms
  of calcium carbonate equivalent in multiples of one hundred  pounds  per
  ton, if required by regulation of the commissioner.