Funding-USDA
- Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program; December 8, 2016
Agency
Department of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Description
Beginning farmer education for adult and young audiences in
the United States can be generally traced back to the advent of the 1862 and
the 1890 Morrill Land Grant Acts. But for the first time, the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub .L. No.
110-234, Section 7410), appropriated $75 million for FY 2009 to FY 2012 to
develop and offer education, training, outreach and mentoring programs to
enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. The Agriculture
Act of 2014 provided an additional $20 million per year for 2014 through 2018.
The reasons for the renewed interest in beginning farmer and rancher programs
are: the rising average age of U.S. farmers, the 8% projected decrease in the
number of farmers and ranchers between 2008 and 2018, and the growing
recognition that new programs are needed to address the needs of the next
generation of beginning farmers and ranchers.
Announcement Number:
USDA-NIFA-BFR-006065
Closing Date:
Dec 08, 2016
Link to Full Announcement
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=289254
Contact Information
Jill Auburn
(202) 720-2635