The Green Fertilizer Grant Program provides funding to agricultural and rural electric cooperatives to invest in green fertilizer production facilities located in Minnesota.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Matching Grants
Deadline: 07/15/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Program funds can be combined with available federal financial assistance programs, such as the Inflation Reduction Act Green Hydrogen Tax Credit (45V) or Department of Energy loan programs.
Priorities
This grant program will prioritize:
- Projects demonstrating strong business readiness.
- Projects demonstrating support through private financing, state loans, or federal sources.
- Projects located in Minnesota counties with a poverty rate greater than 9%.
Funding Information
The minimum grant award is $250,000 and the maximum grant amount is $3.8 million.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
- Be organized under MINN. STAT. 308A or 308B as an agricultural or rural electric cooperative.
- Intend to invest in a facility that produces green fertilizer.
- Commit to a long-term offtake agreement(s) with the green fertilizer production facility.
- Commit to provide training in fertilizer application best management practices and develop a program to share information with cooperative members.
- Be in good standing with the State of Minnesota.
- Be appropriately licensed and authorized to conduct business in Minnesota.
- Green fertilizer production facilities must:
- Use renewable energy in the production of anhydrous ammonia, urea, or hydrogen.
- Use green hydrogen to make green fertilizer.
- Only use renewable energy, hydrogen, and ammonia produced within 100 miles of the green fertilizer production facility.
- Produce final green fertilizer product in Minnesota.
- Be operational within five years of the grant agreement effective date.
- Begin construction before December 31, 2027.
For more information, visit MDA.
