List of Agricultural Funding for Beginning Farmers
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersNationalAny
CADA Beginning Farmer Loan Program
Colorado Agricultural Development Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersCOAny
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP)
Farm Service Agency
- GrantEmergencyDisaster ReliefWildfireWeatherAnimal HealthSocially DisadvantagedBeginning FarmersVeteransFeedBee LossLivestock LossHurricaneNationalLivestockHoneyBeesSeafood
Farm Ownership Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanSocially DisadvantagedWomenBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipNationalAny
Farmstart
Farm Credit East
- LoanBeginning FarmersNJNYCTRIMANHVTMEAny
Feed The Hunger Fund
Feed The Hunger Fund
- LoanPeople Of ColorWomenFood SystemsBeginning FarmersMarketingTrainingSocially DisadvantagedImmigrantsHICAAny
Guaranteed Farm Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipAnimal PurchaseInfrastructureConstructionRepairsWater QualitySoil HealthConservationLegal & FinanceEquipmentSeedWater ManagementHousingInputsPest ManagementFeedRefinancingNationalAny
Hawaii New Farmer Loan
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersTrainingLand & OwnershipConservationRepairsLegal & FinanceAnimal PurchaseMarketingLaborHousingMicroloanHIAny
Illinois Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Bond Program
Illinois Financial Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipILAny
Iowa Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Loan Program (BFLP)
Iowa Finance Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipIAAny
Kansas Development Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Bond Program
Kansas Development Finance Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersKSAny
Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation Beginning Farmer Loan Program (BFLP)
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersKYAny
Kentucky Selling Farmer Tax Credit Program
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
- GrantBeginning FarmersTransitionLand & OwnershipKYAny
Maryland Urban Agriculture Commercial Lending Incentive Grant
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- GrantLegal & FinanceUrbanBeginning FarmersInputsSeedFertilizerWaste & CompostEquipmentGreenhouseHigh TunnelIrrigationLaborMDAny
Microloan Programs
Farm Service Agency
- LoanMicroloanInfrastructureConstructionConservationSoil HealthWater QualityEquipmentSeedFertilizerHousingCash RentCertified OrganicIrrigationMarketingDistributionFarmers MarketCSAComplianceCertificationSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersRepairsPest ManagementAnimal PurchaseFencingNationalAny
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Loan Program
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersMNAny
Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- GrantCost ShareConservationHistorically UnderservedWildlife & Pollinator HabitatILTXKSINIAMNMOOHOKWIAny
Montana Down Payment Assistance Program
Montana Board of Investments
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersEquipmentMTAny
Montana Junior Agriculture Loan Program
Montana Department of Agriculture
- LoanYouthBeginning FarmersLegal & FinanceEducationExtensionDistributionMTAny
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority: Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program (NIFA)
Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
- DiscountLoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipWater ManagementBuildingsInfrastructureEquipmentAnimal PurchaseNEAny
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
Farm Service Agency
- InsuranceEmergencyDisaster ReliefBeginning FarmersWeatherDroughtHurricaneFloodBiofuelCrop LossNationalAny
Northeast AgEnhancement Grant
Farm Credit East
- GrantForest ManagementFood SystemsBeginning FarmersEducationEventsNJNYRIMENHVTMACTAny
Oregon Aggie Bond Program
Business Oregon
- LoanDiscountBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipConstructionBuildingsEquipmentORAny
Organic Transition Initiative Direct Farmer Assistance (OTI)
Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- GrantCertified OrganicEducationSocially DisadvantagedBeginning FarmersVeteransNationalAny
Pennsylvania Next Generation Farmer Loan Program
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersPAAny
Plank Stewardship Initiative Short Notice Grant
Plank Stewardship Initiative
- GrantStewardshipLand & OwnershipTrainingSuccessionConservationWaterway ProtectionWater QualityCover CropsHistorically UnderservedWomenWildlife & Pollinator HabitatSoil HealthMTWYAny
Prairie View A&M Urban Agriculture Programs
Prairie View A&M University
- EducationBeginning FarmersUrbanBusiness PlanMarketingFarmers MarketTXNationalAny
Small Business Association Loans
Small Business Association
- LoanGeneralBeginning FarmersMicroloanSmall ProducersNationalAny
The Working Farms Fund
The Conservation Fund
- Land & OwnershipBeginning FarmersRegenerativeMarketingGAILAny
Transition Incentives Program (TIP)
Farm Service Agency
- EasementLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersTransitionSocially DisadvantagedConservationCertified GrassfedRegenerativeNationalAny
Vermont Agricultural Credit Corporation Loans
Vermont Economic Development Authority
- LoanDiversificationBeginning FarmersMarketingLocal FoodEducationVTAny
Vermont Farm and Forest Program Business Advising
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- DiscountBusiness PlanSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersValue-Added ProductsSuccessionMarketingDistributionProcessingVTForestryAny
Vermont Farm Fund New Producer Loan
Vermont Farm Fund
- LoanBeginning FarmersVTAny
Washington Beginning Farmer/Rancher Program
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
- LoanBeginning FarmersEquipmentLand & OwnershipConstructionRepairsWAAny
Minnesota Down Payment Assistance Grant Program
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Opens Jul 6
- GrantBeginning FarmersWomenLand & OwnershipVeteransLGBTQ+Native AmericansYouthUrbanPeople Of ColorDisabledSocially DisadvantagedMNAny
Agricultural Leadership Development Initiative (ALDI)
Future Harvest · Closed Jan 21
- EducationBeginning FarmersEducationHistorically UnderservedBusiness PlanVeteransNationalAny
AgWest New Producer Grant
AgWest Farm Credit · Closed May 31
- GrantBeginning FarmersAZCAIDORWAMTAny
Braiding Seeds Fellowship
Soul Fire Farm · Closed Oct 15
- GrantAfrican AmericanNative AmericansPeople Of ColorBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersEducationMENHMARICTNYNJDEMDVANCSCGAFLDCMSALLAPAWVVTAny
Building Markets and Resiliency
North Jersey RC&D Area, U.S. Department of Agriculture · Closed Dec 31
- GrantClimate-SmartSmall ProducersHistorically UnderservedNJLivestock
Colorado Boulder County Sustainable Food and Agriculture Fund
Boulder County Department of the Environment · Closed Jan 7
- GrantConservationSoil HealthWater QualityMarketingFarmers MarketLocal FoodBeginning FarmersCOAny
Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund
Farmer Veteran Coalition · Closed Feb 17
- GrantVeteransBeginning FarmersNationalAny
Fruit Guys Community Fund
The Fruit Guys · Closed Jan 30
- GrantBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersWater ManagementWater QualitySoil HealthEnergy EfficiencyFood SystemsSocially DisadvantagedCommunity GardensLocal FoodNationalAny
Future Harvest Beginner Farmer Trainer Program (BFTP)
Future Harvest · Closed Nov 14
- EducationBeginning FarmersEducationTrainingMDPAVADEWVAny
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service · Closed May 26
- GrantGrazing ManagementSocially DisadvantagedBeginning FarmersHistorically UnderservedNationalLivestockAny
Greg Steltenpohl Pragmatic Visionary Award
Community Foundation Sonoma County · Closed Jan 18
- GrantFood SystemsPlant HealthLocal FoodSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersAny
Higher Education Scholarship Program
Farm Credit East · Closed Mar 16
- GrantEducationBeginning FarmersCTMEMANHNJNYRIVTAny
Horizon Farm Credit Farmers on the Rise Award
Horizon Farm Credit · Closed Sep 2
- GrantBeginning FarmersPAWVDEMDAny
Michigan Crosshatch Microloan
Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology · Closed Feb 17
- LoanLocal FoodFood SystemsSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersUrbanMIAny
Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit (MN-BFTC)
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Closed Jul 18
- DiscountBeginning FarmersMNAny
New York Young Farmers Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program
New York Higher Education Services Corporation · Closed Jan 1
- GrantYouthBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipSocially DisadvantagedNYAny
Plank Stewardship Initiative
Plank Stewardship Initiative · Closed Feb 16
- GrantStewardshipLand & OwnershipSuccessionConservationHistorically UnderservedWomenMTWYAny
Rhode Island Local Ag & Seafood Act Grant (LASA)
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management · Closed Dec 5
- GrantLocal FoodBeginning FarmersSocially DisadvantagedWomenConservationRISeafood
Southern Maryland Farmer Mini-Grant Program
Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission · Closed May 8
- GrantBeginning FarmersCoronavirusMDAny
The Brighter Future Fund’s New England Regenerative Livestock Farming Grant (NE-RLF)
American Farmland Trust, · Closed Nov 24
- GrantRegenerativeStewardshipGrazing ManagementBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersLocal FoodCTMANHVTLivestock
Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG)
Rural Development · Closed Apr 15
- GrantSmall ProducersFood SystemsBeginning FarmersWomenSocially DisadvantagedConservationProcessingValue-Added ProductsNationalAny
Venmo Small Business Grant
Venmo · Closed Aug 7
- GrantSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersNationalAny