Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program

The summary for the Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program
	CFDA Number:	10.319
	CFDA Description:	Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institute of Food and Agriculture
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture Business and Commerce
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	USDA-NIFA-FBMB-003180
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 30, 2010
	Creation Date:	Apr 30, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 15, 2010
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jun 15, 2010
	Archive Date:	Jul 15, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$1,400,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$1,400,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(7), eligible applicants means : (A) State agricultural experiment stations; (B) colleges and universities; (C) university research foundations; (D) other research institutions and organizations; (E) Federal agencies; (F) national laboratories; (G) private organizations or corporations; (H) individuals; or (I) any group consisting of 2 or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).
Grant Description: The purpose of the Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program is to fund an entity or "National Farm Management Center" which will establish and maintain a national, publicly-available, farm financial management database to support improved farm management. This "Center" will: a)Coordinate standardized financial analysis methodologies for use by farmers, ranchers, other agricultural operators, and farm management associations; b)Provide the software tools necessary for farm management associations, farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural operators to perform the necessary financial analyses, including the benchmarking of individual enterprises; and c)Develop and maintain a national farm financial database to facilitate those financial analyses and benchmarking that is available online to farmers, ranchers, other agricultural operators, farm management associations, and the public.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/fbmb.html
Grant Announcement Contact: NIFA Help Desk Phone: 202-401-5048 Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays
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