Arkansas State Plant Board

Arkansas State Plant Board, a U.S. government entity headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, is the recipient of federal cooperative agreements and grants supporting plant pest surveillance, pesticide regulatory enforcement, and commodity inspection work across multiple federal agencies. The organization operates as a prime recipient on all federal grant funding (99% of awards) with no federal contracts.

The vendor's grant footprint centers on two primary federal partners. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) funds the bulk of Arkansas State Plant Board's recent activity — 94 cooperative agreements focused on exotic pest detection, survey coordination, and eradication prevention across commodity and forest systems. Representative APHIS work includes cotton and pine commodity surveys (June 2026, completed December 2026), state survey coordinator positions overseeing pest surveillance and farmer outreach for cotton and pine (June 2026, completed December 2026), imported fire ant quarantine compliance and boundary monitoring (September 2025, completed June 2026), honey bee pest and pesticide residue surveys (July 2025 and June 2024, completed December 2025 and 2024 respectively), forest pest outreach and education targeting foresters and outdoor enthusiasts (May 2025 and May 2024, completed April 2026 and 2025 respectively), and Phytophthora ramorum pathogen detection at up to 20 nurseries (May 2023, completed May 2024). The Environmental Protection Agency and EPA Region 6 fund pesticide regulatory and enforcement programs, including applicator certification and training, compliance monitoring, worker protection activities, and water quality protection — receiving 23 total awards including a $777,980 Consolidated Pesticide Enforcement Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.700) through September 2026 and a $738,152 award covering October 2021 through September 2022. The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service funds country-of-origin labeling compliance reviews at grocery and warehouse stores (April 2022, completed April 2026). The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration carries 8 awards totaling $119 thousand combined potential value.

Activity has averaged 7 to 9 awards annually over the past five years, with modest volatility: 9 awards in 2022, declining to 7 in 2024, then rising to 8 in 2025. Four awards complete within the next twenty-four months and face recompete. The organization reports $349 thousand in combined potential value across 147 total awards, though obligated dollars total $18.3 million — substantially exceeding the potential-value estimate and reflecting the fact that these cooperative agreements carry annual or multi-year funding streams that obligate funds beyond initial award documentation. Notably, the source records no federal contract awards and no subcontractor role; Arkansas State Plant Board operates exclusively as a state-government grant recipient executing cooperative agreements with USDA APHIS, EPA, USDA AMS, and HHS FDA for plant health protection, pesticide enforcement, and agricultural compliance activities in Arkansas.