This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order award by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Plains Area to Farmers Fertilizer Co, a small agricultural cooperative and for-profit organization, for $143,650.00 to provide pesticide and fungicide aerial application services at the USDA-ARS State Spur 18D facility in Clay Center, Nebraska.
The contract, which is set aside for small businesses, covers the aerial application of various pesticides and herbicides across approximately 6,300 acres of pasture and crop ground during the period of performance from April 1, 2025, to November 30, 2025. The work supports crop production for research animal feed at the USDA-ARS facility. Farmers Fertilizer Co has experience providing specialized agricultural chemicals and application services to federal agencies through several Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDVs), including a $2,548,136 single-award IDC with USDA APHIS for insecticide supporting the Oriental Fruit Fly eradication program.