,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #af1
 #bjbe,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,baldwin1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 and ,mr4         
,warnock7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to require the ,secretary of           
,agriculture to publish a report on the 
fertilizer industry1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,fertilizer         
,research ,act of #bjbe4  #b4           
,fertilizer industry report  7a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,agriculture1 in          
consultation with the ,administrator of 
the ,economic ,research ,service1 shall 
publish on the website of the           
,department of ,agriculture a report on 
the ,united ,states fertilizer industry1
 including-- 7#a7 a description of the  

impacts on the fertilizer industry that 
influence the prices that agricultural  
producers receive for their agricultural
 products at the location of the farm2  
7#b7 a description of the current size  
and value1 and the size and value over  
the previous #be years1 of the ,united  
,states fertilizer market1 including--  
7,a7 any trends over the previous #be   
years2 and  7,b7 such sizes and values  
by each type of fertilizer2  7#c7 a     
description of any patterns in pricing  
of fertilizer over the previous #be     
years2  7#d7 a description of the       
importation of fertilizer into the      
,united ,states1 including-- 7,a7 a list
 of types of fertilizer that are        
imported into the ,united ,states1      
including the quantity of each type of  
fertilizer imported2  7,b7 a list of    
foreign companies and domestic companies
 that import into the ,united ,states   
fertilizer1 including the quantity of   
fertilizer imported by each company2    
7,c7 a list of the countries from which 

fertilizer is imported into the ,united 
,states2 and  7,d7 a description of the 
impacts that antidumping duties and     
countervailing duties have on prices of 
fertilizer paid at the retail level2    
7#e7 an overview of the manufacturing   
level1 distribution channels1 and retail
 level of the fertilizer supply chain1  
including transportation1 logistics1 and
 supply chain disruptions from natural  
disasters2  7#f7 a study of the         
concentration of the ,united ,states    
fertilizer industry in ,united ,states  
fertilizer companies1 including an      
evaluation of the extent to which       
concentration has had any               
anticompetitive impacts2  7#g7 a        
description of the prices1 crop-use     
efficiencies1 and crop yields of        
emerging fertilizers and fertilizer     
technologies1 including biological      
fertilizers and other recently developed
 tools1 compared to conventional        
fertilizers and fertilizer technologies2
  7#h7 an assessment of the regulatory  

environment governing fertilizer        
production1 distribution1 and usage1    
including a description of areas in     
which regulatory burden is hampering    
domestic production1 distribution1 and  
usage of fertilizer2  7#i7 a description
 of the extent to which current public  
price reporting of fertilizer is        
transparent for market participants and 
the extent to which further public price
 reporting is needed to achieve         
transparency for market participants1   
including-- 7,a7 an evaluation of the   
potential for the ,secretary of         
,agriculture to establish a fertilizer  
reporting mechanism in which the        
fertilizer industry is required to      
report fertilizer prices at multiple    
levels of the supply chain on a daily1  
weekly1 or monthly basis2 and  7,b7 a   
recommendation to ,congress on whether a
 reporting mechanism described in       
subparagraph 7,a7 should be established2
 and  7#aj7 a description of the        
projected growth of the ,united ,states 

fertilizer market and the anticipated   
economic and political risks to         
fertilizer production as a result of    
that growth4  7b7 ,confidential         
information ,the report published under 
subsection 7a7 shall not include any    
confidential business information4