# USDA Invests More Than $500 Million in Domestic Fertilizer Production

> USDA is investing over $500 million in eight projects to expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing, storage and transport. The projects include modular ammonia units, a potash plant in New Mexico and dairy-manure ammonium nitrate facilities, expected online in 2027-28. USDA estimates they could cut nitrogen prices 4.4% and potash prices 5.3% once operational.

- Date: 2026-11-05 · published 2026-11-05T21:12:46.655Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/82460-usda-invests-more-than-500-million-in-domestic-fertilizer-production
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Projected capacity additions in 2027-28 could modestly ease nitrogen and potash prices over time, a mildly bearish longer-term factor for fertilizer-driven feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: bearish ▼
- POTASH: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2026-10-28 | [USDA to fund 8 fertilizer manufacturing projects totaling more than $1.3B \| Manufacturing Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/340-usda-to-fund-8-fertilizer-manufacturing-projects-totaling-more-than-1-3b.md) | -1.3% | — |
| UREA | 2021-06-28 | [State planner investigates fertilizer market, following record urea prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46503-state-planner-investigates-fertilizer-market-following-record-urea-prices.md) | +2.9% | +1.2% |
| UREA | 2026-02-12 | [Market data analysis & forecasts - Fertilizer market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20936-market-data-analysis-and-forecasts-fertilizer-market.md) | +0.2% | +30.0% |
| UREA | 2025-02-25 | [India’s Strategic Shift in Fertiliser Consumption – GKToday](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7459-india-s-strategic-shift-in-fertiliser-consumption-gktoday.md) | -0.9% | -4.5% |
| UREA | 2025-11-26 | [Trump has cut tariffs on fertilizer, but lower prices could remain elusive \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4470-trump-has-cut-tariffs-on-fertilizer-but-lower-prices-could-remain-elusive-agri.md) | -7.1% | -4.5% |

## Sources

- grainjournal.com: https://www.grainjournal.com/article/1161767/usda-invests-more-than-500-million-in-domestic-fertilizer-production

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