General Funding Information

A unique statewide partnership funded by private registration fees. 

Funds for this program come from industry-supported pesticide and fertilizer registration fees on speciality and agricultural products. Registration fees are paid for by companies which register their products for use in Michigan. A tonnage fee on bulk nitrogen fertilizers is also a source of funding. Nitrogen tonnage fees are paid directly by bulk fertilizer users.

Pesticide registration fees account for about 72% of the revenues with the remaining being provided by nitrogen fertilizer users. Specialty (household) products generate approximatley 40% of the total revenues with the remaining coming from agriculture and other wide-area pesticide uses. 

Over 90% of the revenues generated by these fees are returned directly to pesticide and fertilizer users through education, technical-assistance, and cost-share programs.