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Applications are due by November 14, 2024. The Northeastern IPM Center is accepting applications for IPM Partnership Grants to support projects that further its mission, address or identify regional IPM priorities, and benefit the northeastern region at large. The program funds the following types of programs: (1) IPM Applied Research, (2) IPM Working Groups, and […]
USDA’s National Agroforestry Center recently updated its Agroforestry Note 7, Forest Farming: An Agroforestry Practice. The free, 12-page publication focuses on the production and management of herbaceous, understory nontimber forest products. It points out some of the benefits and limitations of forest farming and offers examples of nontimber forest products for culinary, medicinal, decorative, and […]
USDA will make $58 million available for marketing assistance to eligible organic dairy producers through the Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program (ODMAP) 2024 to help expand the market for organic dairy and increase the consumption of organic dairy. ODMAP 2024 helps mitigate market volatility, higher input and transportation costs, and unstable feed supply and prices […]
USDA is investing $104 million in loans and grants that will support more than 300 clean energy projects in 34 states through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). REAP enables agricultural producers and rural small business owners to expand their use of wind, solar, geothermal and small hydropower energy and make energy efficiency improvements. […]
Applications will be accepted until November 14, 2024. Minnesota livestock farmers and ranchers looking to improve their operations can apply for more than $1 million in funding currently available through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Growth, Research, and Innovation (AGRI) Livestock Investment Grant program. The AGRI Livestock Investment Grant provides funds to be used […]
USDA announced up to $7.7 billion in assistance for fiscal year 2025 to help agricultural and forestry producers adopt conservation practices on working lands. This includes up to $5.7 billion for climate-smart practices, made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act, and $2 billion in Farm Bill funding. USDA notes that this is more than double […]
The 2025 Organic Research Forum is accepting submissions until November 15, 2024, for the poster session at the 2025 Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference set for February 20-22, 2025, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Researchers, academic faculty and staff, graduate/undergraduate students and farmer researchers may submit poster proposals on seven different designated topics. All accepted poster presenters […]
The proposal submission deadline is November 22, 2024. Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education is offering On-Farm Research Grants, open to ag professionals who regularly work with farmers and ranchers on farm production and marketing problems. On-Farm Research Grants must be developed, coordinated and led by ag professionals who will conduct the on-farm research with […]
USDA has announced an investment of $1.7 billion for purchase of locally and regionally produced foods and domestically produced foods for emergency food assistance. These investments, made possible by the Commodity Credit Corporation, will help American producers by ensuring they have the certainty of access to local and regional markets as well as the financial […]
A study by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL) shows that targeted livestock grazing is a successful and cost-efficient method to manage cheatgrass in the U.S. western Great Plains. Early spring targeted grazing by cattle at just the right time can help limit seed production and reduce the competitiveness of […]
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