Closed · USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-21-0003 · CFDA 10.170 · Mandatory

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill

Federal grant opportunity posted by Agricultural Marketing Service, cataloged on Grants.gov.

Varies
Award range
Closed
Status
June 11, 2021
Close date
112
Expected awards

The verdict

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill is a closed mandatory listing from Agricultural Marketing Service that offered Varies by applicant across 112 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 123 other opportunities from Agricultural Marketing Service.

Varies
award range
Closed
application status
112
expected awards
10.170
CFDA program

Archived opportunity record

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill is closed (last close June 11, 2021). The parent program page for CFDA 10.170 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Agricultural Marketing Service still indexes 123 other opportunities here.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed June 11, 2021

Posted Apr 13 Closes Jun 11

Expected Awards

112

Instrument

Grant

Description

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to award grants to eligible State departments of agriculture to carry out projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Not including AMS administrative costs, approximately $72.9 million in annual Farm Bill funding is available for applications under this solicitation. An additional $97 million (without AMS administrative costs) is also available for applications under this solicitation. Congress has provided this funding due to COVID-19 impacts to the food system. These additional funds are referred to as H.R. 133 Stimulus Funding throughout this Request for Applications (RFA).This announcement identifies the eligibility criteria for SCBGP projects and applicants, and the application forms and associated instructions needed to apply for a SCBGP award.AMS encourages applications that benefit smaller farms and ranches, new and beginning farmers and ranchers, socially disadvantaged producers, veteran producers, and/or underserved communities. For grants intending to serve these entities, applicants should engage and involve those beneficiaries when developing projects and applications.

Public-sector applicant lane · Agricultural Marketing Service

Grants.gov lists only government / tribal / housing-authority applicant doors for Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill (State governments). This is a public-sector corridor, not a general nonprofit open call. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). 32 other Agricultural Marketing Service listings share this eligibility-code string (26% of 124).

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State governments

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Parent Grant Program

CFDA 10.170

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Agency Contact

Grants.gov Contact Center Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. support@grants.gov

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What to do next

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

  • Parent CFDA 10.170 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
  • Specialty Crop Block Grant Program indexes 1 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
  • Agricultural Marketing Service lists 123 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog

Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainGrants