Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA BFR 009746
The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), listed under Assistance Listing (CFDA) 10.311 and administered by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), is a grant program designed to help new and early-stage producers get established and become more successful over time. Its core purpose is to strengthen the long-term viability of beginning farmers and ranchers across the United States and its territories by funding projects that deliver practical education, mentoring, and hands-on technical assistance. The idea is to help newer producers build the knowledge, decision-making ability, and operational skills needed to run sustainable farm, ranch, or nonindustrial private forest operations.
In this program, the word "farmer" is used broadly. It can include traditional agricultural farmers, ranchers, and also nonindustrial private forest owners and managers. The program defines a "beginning farmer or rancher" as someone who either has not yet operated a farm or ranch, or has operated one for no more than 10 years, and who also meets any additional criteria that the Secretary of Agriculture may set. In practice, that definition sets the target audience for the training and support activities: people who are entering agriculture or still within their first decade of operating.
A key feature of BFRDP is that it does not fund stand-alone applicants acting alone. Eligibility is limited to applications submitted by a collaborative state, tribal, local, or regionally based network or partnership made up of qualified public and or private entities. The program expects applicants to work through formal or semi-formal collaborations that combine different kinds of expertise and community reach. Eligible partners in these collaborations can include State Cooperative Extension Services, federal, state, municipal, or tribal agencies, community-based organizations, nongovernmental organizations, junior colleges and four-year colleges or universities (including university-affiliated foundations), and private for-profit organizations. While not required as a condition of eligibility, including beginning farmers and ranchers and even more experienced farmers and ranchers in the partnership is strongly encouraged, since it can strengthen the mentoring and real-world grounding of the project. Applications from individuals, or from organizations that do not include other entities in a network or partnership, are explicitly ineligible and will be excluded from review.
For the specific opportunity information provided, the funding opportunity title is "Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program" with Funding Opportunity Number USDA NIFA BFR 009746. It is a mandatory grant opportunity in the Agriculture funding activity category. The listed award ceiling is 750,000 dollars. The opportunity record shows a creation date of 2023-01-31 and an original closing date of 2023-07-07, indicating the application window for that particular cycle.Apply for USDA NIFA BFR 009746
- The National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.311.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-01-31.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-07-07. (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 $750,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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