Assistance program
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill
$592.1 Million committed in FY2018–FY2025
- Agency
- Agricultural Marketing Service, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Project Grants
- CFDA number
- 10.170
- What it does
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) implements the Specialty Crop Block Grants through the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) and the Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP) to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture). The SCBGP issues non-competitive, formula grants to state departments of agriculture for the purposes of leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops; assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; expanding availability and access to specialty crops; and addressing local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers. SCMP competitively awards funds for collaborative, multi-state projects that address the following regional or national level specialty crop issues: food safety, plant pests and disease, research, crop-specific projects addressing common issues, and marketing.
- Who benefits
- Producers, processors, growers, state agencies, beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, and general public.
- Who applies
- Eligible entities for the SCBGP include the State department of agriculture, agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture within any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Eligible entities for SCMP are the same; however, non-Federal entities residing in nonparticipating States may apply for, compete, and if merited receive a grant directly from AMS.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 115-334; 7 U.S.C. § 1621 note
- Program site
- https://www.ams.usda.gov/scbgp ↗
Committed by fiscal year
How the money flows
Committed dollars by how this program's money is paid out.
Grants
$576.1M
97%
Other
$16.0M
3%
Top recipients
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