Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Non-competitive Application

This opportunity assists current DBI initiatives managing regional efforts to support dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy products. These initiatives specifically focus on: Diversifying dairy product markets to reduce risk and develop higher value uses for dairy products; Promoting business development that diversifies farmer income through processing and marketing innovation; and Encouraging the use of regional milk production.

Eligible applicants are current initiatives at: • The University of Tennessee, • The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, and • The University of Wisconsin. These initiatives were competitively selected in FY 2019 to fulfill the purpose of the program (see section 1.2). This funding opportunity will continue work already started under their previous awards.

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