Value-Added Agriculture Grant Program

Value-Added Agriculture Grant Program is sponsored by Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA). This program supports Missouri agricultural businesses involved in processing, packaging, and marketing Missouri agricultural products. It's designed to increase markets for Missouri agricultural products and stimulate rural economic development.

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href, Agribusiness Revolving Loan Fund Offers financing to value-added agriculture enterprises, agriculture support businesses, marketers or retailers of agricultural products, and businesses with emerging agricultural technology. This funding is provided, in part, by the USDA Rural Development’s Intermediary Relending Program.

Agribusiness Revolving Loan Fund Details Down Payment Loan Program The Down Payment Loan program can be used by a qualifying Missouri producer to more readily secure a loan from a participating lender, either providing the full down payment, or supplementing the down payment amount available. Down Payment Loan Program Details Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit Program Tax credits to Missouri meat processing facilities.

Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit Program Details Missouri Biofuel Infrastructure Grant Program The Missouri Biofuel Infrastructure Incentive Program provides funds to increase the distribution and use of biofuels in the state of Missouri.

Funds from the program will be awarded to fuel retailers, fuel distributors, terminal companies, and fleet operations that are dispensing, or have plans to store or dispense ethanol blends of E15 or higher, or biodiesel blends of B6 or higher.

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Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant Program Details Urban Agriculture Cost-Share Grant Program The Urban Agriculture Cost-Share Grant Program assists small agribusinesses operating in urban areas.

Urban Agriculture Cost-Share Grant Program Details Urban Farm Investment Tax Credit Program The Urban Farm Investment Tax Credit Program provides Missouri tax credits based on eligible expenses incurred in the establishment or improvement of an urban farm which focuses solely on food production for sale or donation to the public.

Urban Farm Investment Tax Credit Program Details Direct loans to finance the production, processing and marketing needs of an alternative agricultural enterprise. Alternative Loan Program Details Organic Certification Cost Share Program The program provides cost share assistance to organic producers and handlers receiving certification, or continuation of certification, by a USDA accredited certifying agency.

The National Organic Program (NOP) currently recognizes four categories of certification: crops, wild crops, livestock and processing/handling. Cost share assistance payments are limited to 75 percent of an individual’s certification costs, with a maximum of $750 per classification per year. Details...

Animal Waste Treatment System Loan Program Loans to finance animal waste treatment systems for independent livestock and poultry producers at below conventional interest rates. Animal Waste Treatment System Loan Program Details Beginning Farmer Loan Program A program that enables lenders to receive federally tax-exempt interest on loans made to beginning farmers.

Beginning Farmer Loan Program Details Beginning Farmer Tax Deduction Program A farm owner may qualify for a deduction from their Missouri adjusted gross income based on the income received by either selling or renting/leasing farmland to a beginning farmer.

Beginning Farmer Tax Deduction Program Details Crop and Livestock Loan Guaranty Program This program provides financial benefits to Missouri youth who undertake crop or livestock production projects.

Crop and Livestock Loan Guaranty Program Details Down Payment Loan Program The Down Payment Loan program can be used by a qualifying Missouri producer to more readily secure a loan from a participating lender, either providing the full down payment, or supplementing the down payment amount available.

Down Payment Loan Program Details Family Farm Breeding Livestock Tax Credit Program Tax credits to Missouri’s lenders who make breeding livestock loans to small farmers.

Family Farm Breeding Livestock Tax Credit Program Details Single-Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Guarantee Program A program that provides a 50 percent first-loss guarantee on loans up to $250,000 that lenders make to independent livestock producers to finance breeding or feeder livestock, earthworms, land, buildings, facilities, equipment, machinery and animal waste systems used to produce poultry, swine, beef cattle, dairy cattle (and other livestock) and earthworms.

Single-Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Guarantee Program Details The Beef Producer Grant Program provides partial funding in the form of grants to established beef producers in the state for facilities, equipment, and upgrades directly related to increasing production in commercial herds and in small purebred herds. Details...

The Dairy Producer Grant Program provides partial funding in the form of grants to established dairies in the state for facilities, equipment, and upgrades directly related to increasing efficiency and growing the dairy industry. Details...

Promoting Specialty Crops in Missouri Schools This program provides up to a $1,000 reimbursement to registered schools and early childcare education centers to cover the purchase of specialty crops from a Missouri producer.

Promoting Specialty Crops in Missouri Schools Details Specialty Agricultural Crops Tax Credit Program The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority provides Missouri tax credits to Missouri lenders who make loans for specialty crops farming resources to family farmers.

Specialty Agricultural Crops Tax Credit Program Details Specialty Crop Block Grant Program MDA issues grant awards for projects that include research, agricultural extension activities, and programs that increase demand and address the needs of Missouri’s specialty crop industry.

Specialty crops are defined by the USDA as fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, maple syrup, honey, horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Details Direct loans to finance the production, processing and marketing needs of an alternative agricultural enterprise.

Alternative Loan Program Details Agricultural Product Utilization Contributor Tax Credit Applies to contributions used for financial or technical assistance to rural agricultural business concepts as approved by MASBDA. Agricultural Product Utilization Contributor Tax Credit Details Family Farm Breeding Livestock Tax Credit Program Tax credits to Missouri’s lenders who make breeding livestock loans to small farmers.

Family Farm Breeding Livestock Tax Credit Program Details Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit Program Tax credits to Missouri meat processing facilities.

Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit Program Details New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credits Tax credits to induce producer member investment into new generation processing entities that will process Missouri agricultural commodities and agricultural products into value-added goods, provide substantial benefits to Missouri’s agricultural producers, and create jobs for Missourians.

New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credits Details Specialty Agricultural Crops Tax Credit Program The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority provides Missouri tax credits to Missouri lenders who make loans for specialty crops farming resources to family farmers.

Specialty Agricultural Crops Tax Credit Program Details Value-added agriculture is defined as: a change in the physical state or form of the product; the production of a product in a manner that enhances its value, as demonstrated through a business plan; the physical segregation of an agricultural commodity or product in a manner that results in the enhancement of the value of that commodity or product.

Agribusiness Revolving Loan Fund Offers financing to value-added agriculture enterprises, agriculture support businesses, marketers or retailers of agricultural products, and businesses with emerging agricultural technology. This funding is provided, in part, by the USDA Rural Development’s Intermediary Relending Program.

Agribusiness Revolving Loan Fund Details Eligible Facility Borrower Below-market rate deposits of state funds are placed in Missouri financial institutions, allowing eligible borrowers to obtain low interest loans from that institution. Using the program allows lenders to lower the interest rates to the borrower by about 2-3 percent.

Eligible Facility Borrower Details Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit Program Tax credits to Missouri meat processing facilities.

Meat Processing Facility Investment Tax Credit Program Details New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credits Tax credits to induce producer member investment into new generation processing entities that will process Missouri agricultural commodities and agricultural products into value-added goods, provide substantial benefits to Missouri’s agricultural producers, and create jobs for Missourians.

New Generation Cooperative Incentive Tax Credits Details Missouri Value-Added Agriculture Loan Guarantee Program A program that provides a 50% first-loss guarantee to lenders who make agricultural business development loans for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of agricultural property used for the purpose of processing, manufacturing, marketing, exporting, and adding value to an agricultural product.

Missouri Value-Added Agriculture Loan Guarantee Program Details Direct loans to finance the production, processing and marketing needs of an alternative agricultural enterprise. Alternative Loan Program Details "I'm Pet Friendly" License Plate Spay & Neuter Grants You can make a difference for the pet population by purchasing "I'm Pet Friendly" license plates.

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The loan provides $20,000 for living and educational expenses incurred during their veterinary education process for six individuals per academic year. Large Animal Vet Student Loan Program Details Ag Business Development Division Ag Business Development Staff