Live Plant Dealer Application
Businesses or persons who grow live plants for sale or distribution; buys or obtains live plants for the purpose of reselling or reshipping within this state; plants, transplants or moves live plants from place to place within the state with the intent to plant such live plants for others and receives compensation for the live plants, for the planting of such live plants or for both live plants and plantings; or gives live plants as a premium or for advertising purposes; is required to obtain a Kansas Live Plant Dealer License before selling or offering for sale or delivering any live plants in Kansas. There is a fee for each location and the license period is from February 1 to January 31. No fee if you meet the exemption qualifications.
Live Plant Inspection Application Export Service (Online Form)
All states in the United States have requirements for shipping nursery stock and other live plants into their borders.
These requirements vary from state to state, but all require some type of inspection prior to shipment to ensure Kansas plant materials meet that state's import requirements.
Specific state requirements can be found at the National Plant Board's web site.
Plants shipped to other states without the proper inspection and certification documents are subject to rejection or other regulatory action by the receiving state.
Request for Growing season Inspection-Including Weed Free Forage Inspection Export Service (Online Form)
Growing season inspections occur prior to harvest in the field where the parent plants are growing. Many foreign countries have pest freedom standards that require such inspections in order to determine the absence of certain plant pests before the seeds of those plants can be imported and planted.
Weed-free forage inspection is a typical growing season inspection, generally for domestic export, and must occur if the forage is to be certified to meet the North American Weed Free Forage program standards. The Kansas Department of Agriculture does not require this weed-free forage certification but, upon request, will conduct a growing season inspection of forage intended for certification under those standards. An inspection report is given to the producer and after harvest a copy to this report is returned to the KDA identifying the number of bales harvested on each inspected site. Based upon the returned report, the amount of certified weed free forage for each site will be recorded and tracked. Producers can then request bale tags and/or make applications for transit certificates for their certified weed free forage.
Growing season inspections must be planned for well in advance. Applications for growing season inspections should be submitted early in order to determine inspection requirements and schedule staff time.
Request of Export Inspection - Foreign or Domestic (Online Form)
Many states and most foreign countries have established legal requirements for the entry of plant products that may facilitate the artificial movement of plant pests. Requirements vary between the importing entities but generally they can be met through an inspection and the subsequent issuance of the appropriate certificate.
At a minimum, plant commodity certification will generally require a visual inspection of the product being exported. In addition to a visual inspection, the importing state or country may require microscopic examination or other laboratory analysis of a commodity. In other instances, the certification must state that the parent plants were inspected during the growing season for the presence of specific plant diseases, insects and weeds.
The type of certificate issued will depend upon the importing entities requirements, the type of plant product and the extent to which it may have been processed.
Applications for inspection of these plant commodities should be submitted as early as possible.
Export Certificate Application (Online form)
Many states and most foreign countries have established legal requirements for the entry of plant products that may facilitate the artificial movement of plant pests. Requirements vary between the importing entities but generally they can be met through an inspection and the subsequent issuance of the appropriate certificate.
At a minimum, plant commodity certification will generally require a visual inspection of the product being exported. In addition to a visual inspection, the importing state or country may require microscopic examination or other laboratory analysis of a commodity. In other instances, the certification must state that the parent plants were inspected during the growing season for the presence of specific plant diseases, insects and weeds.
The type of certificate issued will depend upon the importing entities requirements, the type of plant product and the extent to which it may have been processed.
Applications for inspection of these plant commodities should be submitted as early as possible.