CF Industries Holdings and POET have launched a pilot project with leading agricultural cooperatives to build and validate a low-carbon fertilizer supply chain designed to reduce the carbon intensity of corn and enable lower-carbon ethanol production. The initiative, involving WinField United and cooperatives NuWay-K&H, New Cooperative, and Farmer’s Cooperative, tracks certified low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer from CF Industries’ production and distribution through retail channels to Midwest corn growers, and ultimately into POET’s ethanol facilities across Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska. The first applications of low-carbon ammonia fertilizer were completed in fall 2025, with POET expecting to produce an estimated 5–6 million gallons of lower-carbon ethanol.
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“Fertilizers manufactured with a lower carbon intensity provide a quantifiable and certifiable method of decarbonizing bioethanol inputs,” said Bert Frost, executive vice president and chief commercial officer, CF Industries. “We are proud to collaborate with POET, WinField United, NuWay-K&H, New Cooperative, and Farmer’s Cooperative to demonstrate the viability of a low-carbon ethanol value chain that links low-carbon fertilizers to retailers to farmers to ethanol production.” CF Industries produces low-carbon ammonia by capturing and permanently storing CO2.“At POET, we’re always working to expand markets for farmers and support Midwest economies,” said Christian McIlvain, President of POET Grain. WinField United emphasized the cooperative system’s commitment to environmental stewardship and agricultural sustainability.