Value-Added Producer Grant

The summary for the Value-Added Producer Grant 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:	Value-Added Producer Grant
	CFDA Number:	10.352
	CFDA Description:	Value-Added Producer Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	Business and Cooperative Programs
	Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	RDRB-05-01-VADG
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Mar 04, 2005
	Creation Date:	Mar 04, 2005
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 06, 2005 Electronic and/or paper applications must be received by 4 p.m. Eastern time on May 6, 2005. Late applications will not be considered.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Jan 26, 2006
	Expected Number of Awards:	117
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$14,300,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$150,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are independent agricultural producers and producer groups, farmer- and rancher-cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures. Independent producers include agricultural producers, steering committees of producers, and producer-owned corporations and associations who have an ownership interest in the agricultural product subject to the value-added activity.
Grant Description: The primary objective of this grant program is to help eligible independent producers of agricultural commodities, agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures develop strategies to create marketing opportunities and to help develop business plans for viable marketing opportunities. Eligible agricultural producer groups, farmer and rancher cooperatives, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures must limit their proposals to emerging markets. These grants will facilitate greater participation in emerging markets and new markets for value-added products. Grants will only be awarded if projects or ventures are determined to be economically viable and sustainable. No more than 10 percent of program funds can go to applicants that are majority-controlled producer-based business ventures.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Link to Value-Added Producer Grant Information
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
Grant Announcement Contact: Jermolowicz, Andrew, Agricultural Economist, Phone 202-690-1416, Fax 202-690-2723, Email andrew.jermolowicz@usda.gov andrew.jermolowicz@usda.gov Jermolowicz, Andrew
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