Md. Code, Tax-Gen. § 11-201

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through Ch. 734, effective on or before 6/1/2024
Section 11-201 - Agricultural purposes and products
(a) The sales and use tax does not apply to a sale of the following items for an agricultural purpose:
(1) livestock;
(2) feed or bedding for livestock;
(3) seed, fertilizer, fungicide, herbicide, or insecticide;
(4) baler twine or wire;
(5) fuel for use in farm equipment or a farm tractor, as defined in §§ 11-120 and 11-121 of the Transportation Article; and
(6) if bought by a farmer:
(i) a container to transport farm products that the farmer raises to market;
(ii) a farm vehicle, as defined in § 13-911(c) of the Transportation Article, when used in farming;
(iii) a milking machine, when used in farming;
(iv) fabrication, processing, or service, by a sawmill, of wood products for farm use in which the farmer retains title; and
(v) farm equipment when used to:
1. raise livestock;
2. prepare, irrigate, or tend the soil; or
3. plant, service, harvest, store, clean, dry, or transport seeds or crops.
(b) Except for flowers, sod, decorative trees and shrubs, and any other product that usually is sold by a nursery or horticulturist, the sales and use tax does not apply to a sale of an agricultural product by a farmer.

Md. Code, TG § 11-201