US Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins have announced the selection of eight fertilizer manufacturing projects to receive funding through the USDA Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Programme.

The eight selected projects represent more than US$1.34 billion in total proposed investment, including approximately US$573 million in proposed USDA funding, to strengthen domestic fertilizer manufacturing, reduce the US’s dependence on foreign suppliers, and increase long-term fertilizer availability for US farmers.

The USDA launched the US$500 million FIELDS Programme to expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing and address one of the most significant supply chain vulnerabilities facing US agriculture. The Administration has also been making additional funding available from failed projects under the Fertilizer Production Expansion Programme (FPEP), redirecting resources toward projects with stronger financial viability, private-sector investment, and measurable manufacturing outcomes.

“I was proud to be in Nebraska today to announce 1.3 billion dollars of investment in domestic fertilizer manufacturing right here in the US,” said J.D. Vance. “1.87 million farmers who are farming over 874 million acres all across the US are going to have fertilizer at lower costs that is made by Americans.”

The US’s fertilizer industry has become increasingly consolidated, leaving farmers with fewer suppliers and less competition. Four companies control approximately 77% of North American nitrogen fertilizer production capacity, two companies account for more than 90% of phosphate production capacity, and two companies produce approximately 90% of North America’s potash. The Trump Administration is working to reverse decades of consolidation by supporting new domestic manufacturing capacity and expanding competition for US farmers.

The selected FIELDS projects are expected to help reverse this trend by increasing domestic fertilizer production and strengthening competition. USDA economic analysis has estimated that the additional production could reduce nitrogen fertilizer prices by 4.4% and potash prices by 5.3%, while increasing domestic nitrogen production by 3.7% and potash production by nearly 40% once the projects are operational.

The projects will support new and expanded manufacturing capacity for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur fertilizers across the US. These investments are expected to support approximately 1.08 million tpy of domestic fertilizer production and capacity across the selected projects.

The eight projects selected to move forward in the FIELDS funding process include:

  • TalusAg – Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee, Nebraska, Illinois, and South Dakota: selected for approximately US$99.8 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$270.2 million project to deploy 20 modular ammonia manufacturing units across 11 locations in seven states. Using American energy, air, and water, the systems are expected to produce approximately 130 000 tpy of anhydrous ammonia, bringing domestic fertilizer manufacturing closer to the farmers who depend on it.

  • Peace Valley – Florida: selected for approximately US$19.9 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$50.6 million project to expand fertilizer manufacturing in Bartow, Florida. The project is expected to produce approximately 250 000 tpy of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur containing fertilizer products.

  • PCI Nitrogen – Texas and Oregon: selected for approximately US$100 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$200 million project to modernise fertilizer manufacturing facilities in Pasadena, Texas, and St Helens, Oregon. The improvements are expected to support approximately 148 280 tpy of fertilizer production, including ammonium sulfate and urea.

  • Intrepid Potash – New Mexico: selected for approximately US$139 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$265 million project to construct a sulfate of potash manufacturing facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The proposed facility would produce approximately 220 000 tpy and establish an additional domestic source of this important specialty fertilizer.

  • AdvanSix – Virginia: selected for approximately US$47.4 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$98.1 million project to modernise and expand an existing ammonia manufacturing facility in Hopewell, Virginia. The project is expected to produce approximately 84 000 tpy of anhydrous ammonia.

  • SUL4R-PLUS Illinois – Illinois: selected for approximately US$34.9 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$69.7 million project to expand an existing sulfur fertilizer manufacturing facility in Marissa, Illinois. The project will add a manufacturing line and improve storage and transportation infrastructure to support approximately 100 000 tpy sulfur fertilizer production.

  • True Organic Products – California, Oregon, and Arizona: selected for approximately US$15.3 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$30.6 million project to expand fertilizer manufacturing at facilities in Helm, California; Boardman, Oregon; and Arlington, Arizona. The project is expected to support approximately 142 805 tpy of fertilizer production using agricultural by-products.

  • Agriculture Project Holdco – Kansas and Indiana: Selected for approximately US$116.9 million in proposed USDA funding toward a US$360 million project to develop two fertilizer manufacturing facilities in Lewis, Kansas, and Fair Oaks, Indiana. The facilities would convert dairy manure into approximately 4100 tpy of liquid ammonium nitrate fertilizer, creating additional domestic fertilizer production capacity.

These selections represent an important step in the US Administration’s strategy to restore American fertilizer manufacturing, encourage private-sector investment, strengthen competition, and reduce the nation’s reliance on foreign suppliers of critical agricultural inputs.

The FIELDS Programme is administered by USDA Rural Development’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service using Commodity Credit Corporation authorities.