Grants for Exclusive - see details - Agriculture

This program provides free pine seedlings to eligible family forest owners in Tennessee to promote reforestation and sustainable timber management on their land.

This program provides financial assistance to public-sector agricultural and animal health entities in Texas to combat pests and diseases that threaten agricultural production.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Tribal colleges for community-focused agricultural and educational projects that enhance productivity, resilience, and youth development in Tribal communities.

This program provides financial support to Pennsylvania farmers for professional planning services that enhance farm sustainability, business continuity, and strategic growth.

This program provides financial assistance to Pennsylvania fruit growers who suffered significant crop losses due to freezing temperatures in April 2026.

This program provides funding to eligible farmers markets in West Virginia to purchase items that enhance their operations, visibility, and services for vendors and customers.

This funding opportunity assists Minnesota dairy farmers in modernizing their operations and developing strategic business plans by covering half the costs of hiring qualified consultants.

This program provides financial assistance to private landowners in Georgia for forest management practices that help control the Southern Pine Beetle and promote healthy pine forests.

This grant provides financial support for research projects that aim to improve crop yields, pest management, weed control, labor efficiency, and environmental sustainability within Oregon's nursery industry.

This program provides funding to Tribal Colleges and Universities to enhance educational opportunities and capacity in food and agricultural sciences for Native Alaskan and American Indian students.

Provide grants to address water quality impairments from nonpoint source pollution from agriculture and other sources. The ARCF provides cost-share assistance to Tennessee landowners to install Best Management Practices (BMPs) that reduce agricultural water pollution. This assistance is facilitated primarily through Soil and Water Conservation Districts although Resource Conservation and Development Councils, universities, and other agricultural associations may participate.

State funded cost share program aimed at helping farmers and producers make strategic longterm infrastructure investments for increased productivity and profitability. The Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) was established in 2005 to provide cost share dollars to agricultural producers for the purpose of making long-term investments in Tennessee farms and communities. Participation allows producers to maximize farm profits, adapt to changing market situations, improve operation safety, increase farm efficiency, and make a positive economic impact in their communities.

This grant provides financial support to Arizona agricultural landowners, trust land beneficiaries, lessees, and irrigation districts for innovative projects that improve soil health and water efficiency in farming practices.

This funding opportunity provides financial support to the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA to enhance regulatory innovation and modernization in public health through collaboration, research, and the integration of new technologies.

This program provides funding to four designated initiatives to support dairy businesses in developing, marketing, and distributing innovative dairy products while enhancing regional resilience and farmer income.

USAID/Central Asia envisions an upcoming activity in the area of cattle productivity and meat and dairy value chain strengthening in Turkmenistan. The upcoming activity will focus on improving cattle productivity through one or more of the following approaches: (1) improving small and medium-size farms access to genetic material for more productive cattle breeds; (2) improving small and medium farms access to quality feed; (3) improving farmers knowledge and skills in proper cattle care; and (4) other activities to strengthen the local dairy and meat value chains. USAID is exploring the landscape of actors with capacity and experience in Turkmenistan, in the areas of grant and contract administration, and/or in the livestock sector. This Request for Information (RFI) seeks information on the availability, interest, and diverse capacities of entities to support a prospective USAID livestock activity in Turkmenistan.

This funding opportunity provides financial support exclusively to The University of Mississippi for research and outreach initiatives focused on the safety and regulation of botanical ingredients used in food, dietary supplements, and cosmetics in the U.S.

The American Horticultural Society proudly offers the Julia Rappaport Growing Gardeners Fund, aimed at fostering a lifelong passion for gardening and horticulture among youth. This grant, ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 annually, supports one educator in starting or expanding a garden or gardening science project within a school or community setting. It seeks to increase access to hands-on gardening experiences for youth from all backgrounds, emphasizing the importance of gardening science. Applicants must detail their project's objectives, plans, timeline, staff, and budget, highlighting its anticipated impact on youth. The application period closes on May 10, 2024, and the recipient will be announced at the National Children & Youth Garden Symposium in July. Attendance at the symposium is not a requirement for application or receipt of the grant.

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Food and Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is announcing its intention to receive and consider a single source application for the award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2024 to Cornell University to support the Center for Veterinary Medicine and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The purpose of this support is to:1. Carry out multidisciplinary applied research projects on raw milk cheese aging to examine factors that affect Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza (HPAI H5N1) virus inactivation, to include pH and water activity.2. Carry out multidisciplinary applied research projects on commonly used acidification methods for treatment of waste milk to be fed to calves, or for disposal, to understand effects on HPAI H5N1.3. Carry out multidisciplinary applied research projects to characterize the thermal inactivation kinetics of HPAI H5N1 in a wide variety of dairy products.4. Provide additional capabilities and capacity for HPAI H5N1 testing as needed to help meet the needs of FDA's research agenda. 5. Engage with academic and industry stakeholders to help ensure work is complementary of other ongoing research in these research spaces and to facilitate the use of the information produced by the research program.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/ Center for Food and Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is announcing its intention to receive and consider a single source application for the award of a cooperative agreement in fiscal year 2024 to the Illinois Institute of Technology to support the Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH). The purposes of this continued support are to:1. Carry out multidisciplinary applied research projects on pre- and postharvest processing preventive control measures, on food processing and packaging technologies, on the impact of these processing strategies on the nutritional quality of food, and on laboratory method performance (including method validation) that address research needs associated with FDA-regulated products, fill knowledge gaps identified in prevention strategies, and that are consistent with the Deputy Commissioner of Foods vision for the implementation of the new Human Foods Program (HFP) Science and Research Strategic Plan;2. Maintain and facilitate the further development of the IFSH collaborative research program by leveraging resources among U.S. government agencies, universities (including other IIT components), and the food industry to achieve practical Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-based, technology-enabled New Era of Food Safety solutions to food safety and food processing issues.3. Engage with stakeholders to develop and implement training, outreach and communication programs, to identify research needs, and to facilitate the use of the information produced by the research program; and4. Support the implementation of the new unified HFP FSMA-based New Era of Food Safety priorities through research, education, and outreach, with emphasis on the development of strategies for prevention, exploration of opportunities for data sharing, and adoption of root cause analysis (RCA) into agency post-response efforts associated with the safe and sustained manufacturing, processing, packing, and holding of food.