Agriculture Markets & Food New Hampshire

Agriculture Markets & Food New Hampshire, doing business as Bureau Of Markets, is a U.S. state government entity that receives federal grants as a prime recipient for agricultural pest surveillance, specialty crop competitiveness, and local food procurement programs. The department does not hold federal contracts and operates entirely within the federal grant ecosystem, with all 108 recent awards as prime grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and related agencies.

The department's federal work concentrates on two capability areas. First, it conducts early-detection surveys and monitoring for exotic plant pests threatening New Hampshire's agricultural and forest resources under cooperative agreements with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Representative work includes the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) infrastructure program (CFDA 10.025), multiple spotted lanternfly surveillance projects at high-risk nurseries and orchards, exotic forest pest and Asian defoliator surveys targeting timber-infesting beetles and moths, vegetable crop pest surveys for leek moth and swede midge, and outreach and education programs on invasive pests to nursery operators, residents, and travelers. The department also executes animal health surveillance and disease-response activities across multiple commodities under an APHIS umbrella cooperative agreement. Second, the department administers specialty crop competitiveness and local food access programs under USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) block grants (CFDA 10.170). Recent work includes multi-year Specialty Crop Block Grants supporting research, development, and marketing projects for apples, pumpkins, radicchio, squash, and various fruits and vegetables; the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program (LFPA) to source unprocessed or minimally processed domestic foods from local producers for distribution to schools and underserved communities; the New Hampshire Farm and Food System Infrastructure Program; and country-of-origin compliance reviews at grocery stores and supermarkets on behalf of USDA. The department has also received a project grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture on farmer mental health support and two awards from FDA.

Customer concentration sits entirely within USDA. APHIS accounts for 75 awards across pest surveillance and animal health cooperative agreements, and AMS accounts for 29 awards spanning specialty crop grants and local food procurement programs. The remaining four awards come from Farm Service Agency, FDA, and NIFA. No single award or vehicle structures teaming or subcontracting; the department operates as a direct recipient across all grant programs. Activity has remained steady in the past three years, averaging six to ten awards annually, with three awards recorded in 2026 year-to-date (through May 1). Four awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity for grant renewals. The department's grant portfolio totals $16.3 million in combined obligated dollars across 108 awards, with awards dating back to 2008 and the most recent agreements signed in May 2026.