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Changes made to Pennsylvania fertilizer law
By Seth KaplanJared Weaver,
2024-03-28
ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– As the growing season approaches, Pennsylvania has a new fertilizer law you should know about.
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding was in East Berlin, Adams County to explain it. Leaders say you can use less fertilizer by using natural meadows that don’t require fertilizer instead of turf -that’s best of all.
Otherwise, the new law includes a limit on phosphorus in most fertilizers.
“We have a law that took a lot of compromise, but at its very core, recognizes the responsibilities of Pennsylvania has and the expectations that we have on every citizen of Pennsylvania to do the right thing,” Redding said.
The changes are designed in part to stop fertilizer chemicals from spreading as runoff when it rains.
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