Block Grant NR233A750004G096

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office provides $4,999,999.00 to expand markets for climate-smart corn, soybean, and specialty crops in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa. The funding will support farmers with implementation and monitoring of climate-smart agricultural practices through the USDA's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program (CFDA 10.937). As part of this award, the University of...

This $80,000,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Kansas City Commodity Office under the CFDA 10.937 Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program aims to expand markets for and support the implementation of climate-smart practices for corn, rice, beef, pork, dairy, and other crops and livestock in Arkansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Virginia. The funding will support Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and its sub-awardees, including...

This $10,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports the development and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices in Midwestern U.S. cropping systems. The project is led by The Ohio State University with several sub-awardees, including Solutions From The Land, University of Missouri, Lincoln University, and Central State University. The key products and services being delivered under this award include: Establishing...

This Project Grant award of $4,081,137 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program (CFDA 10.937) aims to expand markets for climate-smart sheep and goat production in Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Alabama. The funding supports voluntary implementation and monitoring of climate-smart agricultural practices by farmers and ranchers in these regions, with the goal of quantifying greenhouse gas benefits and developing markets for the resulting...

The Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office awarded a $10 million Project Grant to Sustainable Northwest under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities federal grant program. The grant will support implementation and monitoring of climate-smart agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in 13 states and a Native American tribe. Through April 2028, Sustainable Northwest will work with farmers and ranchers to expand markets for...

This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the 1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants Program (CFDA 10.216) aims to promote the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices by improving understanding, knowledge, education, and support for farmers. The key activities include: i) evaluating the climate benefits (increased carbon sequestration and reduced greenhouse gas emissions) of selected, locally-adaptable climate-smart...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office, under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program (CFDA 10.937), provides $4,724,539.91 to the Michigan Association Of Conservation Districts, a non-profit organization, to expand climate-smart fruit, vegetable and livestock markets in Washtenaw, Monroe, Lenawee and Wayne Counties of Michigan. The funding will support farmers with implementation and monitoring of...

This $9,985,000 Project Grant award from the USDA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) will address challenges to widespread adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAP) in the Midwestern Corn Belt region. The project aims to develop an integrated policy and decision support system that quantifies the economic and environmental outcomes of CSAP adoption. Key products and services to be delivered include: Knowledge-guided machine learning models to leverage data and...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation) provides $1,398,761.50 to MCL Jasco Inc. to conduct outreach and education to historically underserved communities and new farmers in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. The goal is to inform these stakeholders about the benefits of adopting climate-smart agricultural practices under the Inflation Reduction Act. The award period runs from August 30,...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency awarded a $49,994,528 Project Grant under the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program (CFDA 10.937) on June 20, 2023. The grant aims to expand climate-smart dairy and sugar markets in several states, supporting farmer implementation and monitoring of climate-smart agricultural practices. Key products and services include: The lead grantee, Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, will coordinate projects to increase adoption of...