PROGRAM STATUS:

OPEN

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Paper Applications: Postmarked by May 4, 2021
Applications are permitted via Grants.gov and must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on April 29, 2021.

Federal Register Amended Notice

An amendment to the FY 2021 Value-Added Producer Grant Notice of Solicitation of Applications was published on March 5, 2021, please review the Amended Notice.

What does this program do?
The Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. The goals of this program are to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities and increase producer income.

You may receive priority if you are a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially-disadvantaged farmer or rancher, a small or medium-sized farm or ranch structured as a family farm, a farmer or rancher cooperative or are proposing a mid-tier value chain.

Grants are awarded through a national competition. Each fiscal year, applications are requested through a notice published in the Federal Register and through an announcement posted on Grants.gov.

Program Funding: $76 million in total available funding.  Of this amount, the COVID–19 relief funds constitute $35 million and the other $41 million comes from the FY 2021 Appropriations Act and carryover funding from fiscal year 2020.

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