MDA Opens Green Fertilizer Grant Program

20 Jun 2026

Agriculture, News, Economic Development

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting applications for the Green Fertilizer Grant Program. The program will support agricultural and rural electric cooperatives registered as 308A or 308B within the state of Minnesota so they can invest in green fertilizer manufacturing.

Green fertilizers are nitrogen-based fertilizers produced from water, air, and renewable energy and have significant climate and sustainability benefits compared to fossil-fuel derived nitrogen-based fertilizers. Production and use of green fertilizers are one strategy to reduce upstream greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector.

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