National Assn Of State Departments Of Agriculture

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), based in Arlington, Virginia, operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient to support agricultural market development, animal health preparedness, food safety coordination, and member convening activities. NASDA is not a federal contractor and does not hold prime or subcontract seats on federal procurement vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based.

NASDA represents the appointed and elected state directors, commissioners, and secretaries of agriculture across all fifty states and four U.S. territories. The organization functions as a bridge between state and federal agricultural agencies, providing a national forum for state agriculture officials to align on policy, regulation, and emergency response. Federal funding supports three primary lines of work: market development and agricultural export diversification under the Regional Agricultural Promotion Program; animal and plant health coordination, including antimicrobial resistance monitoring and African swine fever preparedness; and food and feed safety regulatory alignment through member convenings and FDA collaboration.

NASDA's recent federal grant award concentration is heavily concentrated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) funds 43 awards (87% of top customers by count and the bulk of the active grant portfolio), covering recurring cooperative agreements for annual member conferences, winter policy conferences, and collaborative projects on antimicrobial resistance dashboard development and animal disease prevention. The Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration funds 7 awards focused on feed and food safety annual meetings and regulatory collaboration. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service funds 5 awards for agricultural data collection. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Food for Education program funds 3 awards under CFDA 10.618 (Regional Agricultural Promotion Program) for market development and export promotion, including a recent $2.25 million cooperative agreement awarded April 22, 2026, with performance through September 30, 2028. Representative grant work includes a $418,010 APHIS cooperative agreement awarded January 20, 2025, to expand antimicrobial resistance analytics and forecasting tools (CFDA 10.025, performance period January 20, 2025 through January 19, 2026); recurring $55,000 to $60,000 APHIS cooperative agreements supporting winter policy conferences, regional meetings, and annual member gatherings (February through September completion dates in recent years); and a $40 million National Agricultural Statistics Service Census of Agriculture cooperative agreement awarded January 1, 2022, for agricultural data collection (CFDA 10.951).

Activity has remained relatively flat over the past five years, with six awards in 2022, six in 2023, four in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026 (most recent as of April 22, 2026). Only one award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal near-term recompete exposure. Combined obligated dollars across all 69 awards total $138.8 million, concentrated in large-value data collection and research agreements, while combined potential value is reported at $33,000 — a disconnect reflecting the maturity and completion of legacy awards now reflected in obligation history rather than remaining ceiling value. NASDA operates a subsidiary, The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to support research and grant administration activities. As a nonprofit that does not hold prime procurement authority or sit on federal contract vehicles, NASDA is not positioned as a federal contractor partner or teaming opportunity for defense or civilian agencies; its federal footprint serves state agricultural governance and federal-state agricultural regulatory alignment.