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Dairy Business Planning Grant (Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative - SDBII) is sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This grant provides reimbursement funds to permitted dairy farm businesses located in the Southeast (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico) that are seeking exper…
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Dairy Business Planning Grant - Open | Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative Dairy Business Planning Grant – Open The Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative (SDBII), with support from USDA AMS, offers grants to dairy businesses in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico.
The program provides reimbursement funds to permitted dairy businesses that are seeking the help of experts to plan for the future. The Dairy Business Planning Grant Request for Proposal (RFP), budget workbook, and scoring rubric are available below. The application window will close on September 23, 2026.
Grant Workbook Components Grant materials for the Dairy Business Planning Grant can be downloaded below. Please read the request for proposal IN FULL before starting your application. A recorded information session is available at the bottom of this page.
Those considering applying for an SDBII grant should start the process of obtaining a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) as soon as possible. Award recipients will be required to provide a UEI before the grant contract can be executed. Wait times are currently several weeks long.
Register at SAM. GOV Dairy Business Planning Grant RFP 2026 Download Dairy Planning Grant Budget Workbook 202 6 Download SDBII Dairy Business Planning Grant Rubric 2026 Download Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, & Louisiana Shep Stearns, Ansley Roper, & Liz Eckelkamp: sdbiigrants@utk. edu Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, & West Virginia Tori Embry: tembry@kydairy.
org North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, & Mississippi Brittany Whitmire & Stephanie Ward: ncdairyextension@ncsu. edu Register for an SDBII applicant profile and apply HERE .
2026 Fall Grants Foundant Quick Start Download SDBII Dairy Processing Grants Information Session 2026 Business Grant Info Session Presentation Fall 2026 Download Kentucky Dairy Development Council Southeast Dairy Foods Research Center UT Center for Profitable Agriculture University of Kentucky Extension University of Tennessee Extension USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Tennessee Department of Agriculture North Carolina Department of Agriculture Kentucky Department of Agriculture Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Existing or prospective dairy businesses in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $30,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Dairy Business Planning Grant (Southeast Dairy Business Innovation Initiative - SDBII) is funded by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in 12 states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Check the official notice for the full list.
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Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program is sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Supports collaborative, multi-state partnerships (including Georgia entities partnering with neighboring states or organizations) to address regional or national-level specialty crop issues—such as local food distribution systems, supply chain bottlenecks, pest/disease management, and expanding market access for fruits, vegetables, and greenhouse-grown specialty crops.
Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (SCMP) – Farm Bill is sponsored by USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Competitively awards funds to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops (including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops) through collaborative, multi-state projects addressing food safety, plant pests and disease, research, crop-specific issues, and marketing/promotion.
SCMP 2026 shows a December 4 close date on grants.gov. But if you sit in a participating state you cannot apply to AMS at all: your State Department of Agriculture is the applicant, and its internal deadline runs weeks earlier.
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Read articleThe FY2026 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program sent $86.6 million to 56 states and territories on October 13, 2026, averaging $142,469 per subaward. The federal applicant is always a state department of agriculture — which means the competition you can actually enter is the one your state runs, on its own calendar.
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