Assistance program
Farm of the Future
$8.6 Million committed in FY2022–FY2026
- Agency
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 10.230
- What it does
- Farm of the Future is a competitive grant program that establishes an agricultural test bed and demonstration site. Farm of the Future seeks to launch this rural test bed for precision agriculture, smart automation, and data connectivity and transfer to demonstrate best practices in production agriculture and animal systems that enhance sustainability and farm profitability. The test bed will evaluate smart technologies [autonomous robotics, remote sensing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), satellites], to provide accessible, data-driven solutions that support resilient agricultural and value-added practices. The Farm of the Future seeks to optimize climate-smart agricultural productivity, environmental health, and natural resources management.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- A single competitive grant will be awarded to an institution in the land-grant university system Applications may only be submitted by the following entities: (A) Land Grant Universities only. Public and private collaborations are encouraged.
- Authorized by
- Public Law 116-260
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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- How it's paid
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- The colored bars
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Direct payments