Closed · USDA-NIFA-BFR-010413 · CFDA 10.311 · Mandatory
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institute of Food and Agriculture, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $50K-$750K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 29, 2024
- Close date
- 60
- Expected awards
The verdict
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program is a closed mandatory listing from National Institute of Food and Agriculture that offered $49,999 -- $750,000 across 60 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 837 other opportunities from National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
- $50K-$750K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 60
- expected awards
- 10.311
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Prog… is closed (last close May 29, 2024). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institute of Food and Agriculture still indexes 837 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 May 29, 2024
Est. Total Funding
$24,000,000
Expected Awards
60
Instrument
Grant
Cost Sharing
Required
Description
Beginning farmer education for adult and young audiences in the United States can generally be traced back to the advent of the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Land-Grant Acts. But, for the first time, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub .L. No. 110-234, Section 7410) appropriated $75 million for FY 2009 to FY 2012 to develop and offer education, training, outreach and mentoring programs to enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers.The Agriculture Act of 2014 provided an additional $20 million per year for 2014 through 2018. The reasons for the renewed interest in beginning farmer and rancher programs are as follows: the rising average age of U.S. farmers; the 8% projected decrease in the number of farmers and ranchers between 2008 and 2018; and the growing recognition that new programs are needed to address the needs of the next generation of beginning farmers and ranchers.The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (aka the 2018 Farm Bill) reauthorized the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program and provides mandatory funds for which supports education, mentoring, and technical assistance initiatives for beginning farmers and ranchers.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · USDA-NIFA-BFR-010413
Grants.gov marks Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Prog… with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. Applicant cost-sharing is required on the Grants.gov extract. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Agriculture (AG). This eligibility-code string dominates the National Institute of Food and Agriculture book (699 peers, 83% of 838).
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
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.
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