USDA Selects Eight Fertilizer Projects for $1.34 Billion Proposed Investment
USDA selected eight fertilizer-manufacturing projects representing more than $1.34 billion in proposed investment, including about $573 million in proposed federal funding.
At a glance
- Total proposed investment
- More than US$1.34 billion across eight projects
- Proposed USDA funding
- Approximately US$573 million
The U.S. Department of Agriculture selected eight fertilizer-manufacturing projects to advance through its Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply program, USDA announced October 22. The projects represent more than $1.34 billion in total proposed investment, including approximately $573 million in proposed USDA funding. The selections are a funding-process milestone, not evidence that all awards have closed or that construction has started.
The largest disclosed project budgets include Agriculture Project Holdco’s $360 million plan for facilities in Kansas and Indiana, Intrepid Potash’s $265 million sulfate-of-potash facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, TalusAg’s $270.2 million modular-ammonia rollout across seven states, and PCI Nitrogen’s $200 million modernization in Texas and Oregon. USDA also listed projects from Peace Valley, AdvanSix, SUL4R-PLUS Illinois and True Organic Products.
Vice President J.D. Vance and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the selections. USDA Rural Development’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service administers the FIELDS program using Commodity Credit Corporation authority. Across the eight projects, USDA projects about 1.08 million tons of annual fertilizer production or capacity.
The next step is continued participation in the FIELDS funding process; USDA did not publish closing, construction-start or commissioning dates in the announcement. The commercial implications span process equipment, modular manufacturing, storage, transportation and plant construction, but the announcement does not establish an open procurement for third parties. Official USDA release (October 22, 2026).
What happens next
The eight selections advance through the FIELDS funding process; USDA announced no closing, construction-start or commissioning dates.
Source for this milestone →Why it matters for the industry
The selected portfolio signals prospective demand for process equipment, modular ammonia systems, storage, transportation infrastructure and plant construction, but the selections are proposed funding actions and not open third-party procurements.
Supporting source →Sources & reporting
- USDA FIELDS project-selection release · 2026-10-22
Sources checked 2026-10-26.