Value Added Producer Grant
The primary objective of the VAPG program is to help agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and/or marketing of bio-based value-added products.
Generating new products, creating and expanding marketing opportunities, and increasing producer income are the end goals of this program.
You may receive priority if you are a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially-disadvantaged farmer or rancher, a veteran 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, as defined in the Program Regulation.
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis.
Generating new products, creating and expanding marketing opportunities, and increasing producer income are the end goals of this program.
You may receive priority if you are a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially-disadvantaged farmer or rancher, a veteran 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, as defined in the Program Regulation.
Grants are awarded on a competitive basis.
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Office: Business and Cooperative Programs
Estimated Funding: $10,500,000
Office: Business and Cooperative Programs
Estimated Funding: $10,500,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
Program Web Site
Additional Information of Eligibility:
You must meet the requirements of one of the following applicant types: Independent Producer, Agricultural Producer Group, Farmer or Rancher Cooperative, or Majority-Controlled Producer-Based Business Venture.
Your proposed value-added product must also fall within one of the five product categories, and you must also comply with all the other eligibility requirements detailed in the Program Regulation and NOFA.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_VAPG.html
Contact:
Program ManagerPhone 202-690-1376
Agency Email Description:
Program Contact
Agency Email:
CPGrants@wdc.usda.gov
Date Posted:
2013-11-26
Application Due Date:
2014-04-08
Archive Date:
2014-04-30
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