Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA AMS TM SCBGP G 22 0003
The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) - Farm Bill is a discretionary grant opportunity run by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). For fiscal year 2022, AMS invited applications from eligible State departments of agriculture to fund projects designed to strengthen and improve the competitiveness of specialty crops. In this program, the USDA is not seeking applications directly from individual farmers or private organizations; instead, it awards funds to state-level agriculture agencies, which then carry out or support projects that benefit specialty crop industries within their jurisdictions.
The core purpose of the SCBGP is to help states and U.S. territories develop and implement initiatives that make specialty crops more competitive in the marketplace and more resilient across the supply chain. The program emphasizes four broad ways of achieving that goal: first, by leveraging marketing and promotion efforts for specialty crops; second, by helping producers through research and development activities that are relevant to specialty crops; third, by expanding the availability of and access to specialty crops for consumers and markets; and fourth, by addressing challenges that specialty crop producers face at the local, regional, and national level. In practical terms, this could include activities like market development campaigns, food safety training and compliance efforts, applied research trials, improvements to distribution and aggregation systems, initiatives that open new market channels, or coordinated responses to emerging threats and disruptions affecting specialty crop production and sales.
For the purposes of this grant program, "specialty crops" is a defined category that includes fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture. The eligible applicant is specifically a State department of agriculture, meaning the state government agency, commission, or department that holds primary responsibility for agriculture in that state or territory. The program is structured to serve not only the 50 states but also American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, reflecting USDA's intent to support specialty crop competitiveness across a broad range of U.S. production regions and market environments.
Key administrative details from the FY 2022 notice include the funding opportunity title Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill, funding opportunity number USDA AMS TM SCBGP G 22 0003, and CFDA number 10.170. The opportunity was posted on January 25, 2022, with an original application deadline of May 3, 2022. The expected number of awards was 60, and the listed award ceiling was $23,268,871. Overall, the program functions as a state-focused funding mechanism under the Farm Bill framework, aimed at helping public agriculture agencies coordinate projects that improve the market position, infrastructure, innovation capacity, and long-term viability of specialty crop sectors.Apply for USDA AMS TM SCBGP G 22 0003
- The Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.170.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 25, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 03, 2022 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $23,268,871.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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