Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Grant

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Grant is sponsored by USDA SARE. SARE funds projects that advance sustainable agriculture practices. This includes research and education projects that benefit farmers, ranchers, and processors of all sizes.

Small and very small meat, poultry, and egg establishments can participate in SARE-funded projects or apply knowledge generated by SARE to improve the sustainability of their operations.

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - SARE Farmer-driven innovations in agriculture that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life.

Leaders in Sustainable Agriculture 2025/2026 National Cover Crop Survey Is Now Open for Farmer Input Farmers across the U.S.—whether they use cover crops, formerly used them, or have never planted covers—are invited to share their insights on cover crops in the National Cover Crop Survey.

Improving Cattle Production Efficiency and Health Through Breeding and Probiotics Impacts of Silage Tarps on Soil Arthropods, Soil Properties and Crop Yields Sustainable Farm Law 101 for Farmers The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program is a decentralized competitive grants and education program operating in every state and island protectorate.

SARE is divided into four different regions that operate as separate entities and run grant programs for their states. To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. The journey through this SARE grant project has been enlightening and transformative for our farm operation.

These learnings are not just pivotal for our operation but also hold valuable insight for the broader farming community, emphasizing the role of grants like SARE in fostering innovation and collective growth in sustainable agriculture. Robert Braun, Clintonville, WI Visit northcentral. sare.

org To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. SARE helped us curb the costs of trying out an initial idea, which was really helpful for this endeavor. Melissa Bahret, Massachusetts To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site.

I would like to thank the SARE program for funding my project to expand the possible economic potential yaks can bring to small acreage farms and larger beef producers. This project has brought together a half dozen agricultural specialists from Morehead State University and the University of Kentucky to work on issues concerning yak husbandry. The entire project and where it is leading is exciting.

Greg Dike, yak breeder, Kentucky To learn about grant opportunities, visit your regional site. At the end of the day, it’s the producers we’re thinking about. We hope that the yields we see will be the same or higher with reduced nitorgen applications.

This benefits the producer and the environment. Rael Otuya, University of Wyoming graduate student FARMER-FOCUSED RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Since 1988, SARE's grants program has supported farmers, ranchers, researchers and educators who are improving the sustainability of U.S. agriculture. projects funded since 1988 Totals reflect available data.

Complete information may not be available for all grant programs prior to 2016. MORE NEWS | RESOURCES AND LEARNING SARE grantees who are finding new ways to improve the sustainability of U.S. agriculture. Enterprise Budgets for Diversified Farms Provides guidance on using enterprise budgets, recordkeeping systems and partial budget analysis for diversified farm operations.

The Basics of Farm Business Planning A framework to help farmers clarify their goals, evaluate their resources, and build financially and ecologically sound enterprises. Manuals on Specialty Crop Production, Harvest and Storage in the Northeast Step-by-step information on growing, harvesting and handling dozens of specialty crops in the Northeast.