Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service
Assistance Listings
- 10.170 -- Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
Important dates
- Archived: June 2, 2022
- Closed: May 3, 2022
No Explanation
Award details
- Expected project funding: $72,900,000
- Expected awards: 60
Award min.
$243,001
Award max.
$23,268,871
- Funding opportunity number:USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-22-0003
- Cost sharing or matching requirement:No
- Funding instrument type:
- Grant
- Opportunity Category:Discretionary
- Opportunity Category Explanation:Not specified
- Category of Funding Activity:
- Agriculture
- Category Explanation:Test
History
- Posted date: January 25, 2022
- Archive date: June 2, 2022
- Version: 7
Summary
Jump to documentsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests
applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to award grants to eligible State departments of agriculture to carry out projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops.
The SCBGP assists State departments of agriculture in the 50 States, 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 to enhance
the competitiveness of specialty crops by—
(1) leveraging...
efforts to market and promote specialty crops;
(2) assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops;
(3) expanding availability and access to specialty crops; and
(4) addressing local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers.
Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture). A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture within the State.
Eligibility
Government
- State governments
Additional information on eligibility
Not specified
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2022_SCBGP_RFA_FINAL.pdf | RFA | Jan 25, 2022 09:09 PM UTC |
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