List of Agricultural Funding for Beginning Farmers
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Aggie Bond Beginning Farmer Loan Program (Aggie Bond)
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority
- LoanBeginning FarmersMNAny
Air Quality Initiative (NAQI)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- GrantCost ShareClimate-SmartAir QualityHistorically UnderservedNationalAny
Beginning Farmer Bond Program
South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipAnimal PurchaseSD
Beginning Farmer Chattel Loan
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanBeginning FarmersEquipmentAnimal PurchaseND
Beginning Farmer Real Estate Loan
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipSmall ProducersND
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersNationalAny
Braiding Seeds Fellowship
Soul Fire Farm · Due Sep 25
- GrantAfrican AmericanNative AmericansPeople Of ColorBeginning FarmersSmall ProducersEducationMENHMARICTNYNJDEMDVANCSCGAFLDCMSALLAPAWVVTAny
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
Farm Protection & Affordability Investment (Farm PAI) (Farm PAI)
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
- LoanLand & OwnershipBeginning FarmersHistorically UnderservedWA
Farms Fund (formerly Working Farms Fund)
The Conservation Fund
- Land & OwnershipBeginning FarmersRegenerativeMarketingGAILNCARAny
Farmstart
Farm Credit East
- LoanBeginning FarmersNJNYCTRIMANHVTMEAny
Feed The Hunger Fund
Feed The Hunger Fund
- LoanPeople Of ColorWomenFood SystemsBeginning FarmersMarketingTrainingSocially DisadvantagedImmigrantsHICAAny
First Time Farmer Finance Program
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipEquipmentND
Guaranteed Farm Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipAnimal PurchaseInfrastructureConstructionRepairsWater QualitySoil HealthConservationLegal & FinanceEquipmentSeedWater ManagementHousingInputsPest ManagementFeedRefinancingNationalAny
Hawaii New Farmer Loan
Hawaii Department of Agriculture & Biosecurity
- LoanBeginning FarmersTrainingLand & OwnershipConservationRepairsLegal & FinanceAnimal PurchaseMarketingLaborHousingMicroloanHIAny
Illinois Finance Authority First-Time Farmer Bond Program
Illinois Finance 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 · Due Dec 31
- DiscountBeginning FarmersTransitionLand & OwnershipKYAny
Maryland Urban Agriculture Commercial Lending Incentive Grant
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- GrantLegal & FinanceUrbanBeginning FarmersInputsSeedFertilizerWaste & CompostEquipmentGreenhouseHigh TunnelIrrigationLaborMDAny
Maryland Watermen's Microloan Program (Watermen's Microloan)
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- LoanMicroloanEquipmentProcessingBeginning FarmersMD
Microloan Programs
Farm Service Agency
- LoanMicroloanInfrastructureConstructionConservationSoil HealthWater QualityEquipmentSeedFertilizerHousingCash RentCertified OrganicIrrigationMarketingDistributionFarmers MarketCSAComplianceCertificationSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersRepairsPest ManagementAnimal PurchaseFencingNationalAny
Minnesota Beginning Farmer Tax Credit (MN-BFTC)
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Due Nov 1
- DiscountBeginning FarmersMNAny
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority Beginning Farmer Loan Program
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersMNAny
Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority Beginning Farmer Loan Program (BFLP)
Missouri Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersMOAny
Missouri Beginning Farmer Tax Deduction Program
Missouri Department of Agriculture
- DiscountBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipSuccessionRental IncomeMO
Monarch Butterfly Conservation
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- GrantCost ShareConservationHistorically UnderservedWildlife & Pollinator HabitatILTXKSINIAMNMOOHOKWIAny
Montana Beginning Farmer/Rancher Loan Program (BFRLP)
Montana Department of Agriculture
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipLegal & FinanceMT
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
Next Generation Farmland Acquisition Program (Next Gen) (Next Gen)
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- EasementBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipSuccessionConservationMD
NextGen Beginning Farmer Program (Beginning Farmer Tax Credit)
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
- DiscountBeginning FarmersCash RentRental IncomeSuccessionNE
Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP)
Farm Service Agency
- InsuranceEmergencyDisaster ReliefBeginning FarmersWeatherDroughtHurricaneFloodBiofuelCrop LossNationalAny
Northeast AgEnhancement Grant
Farm Credit East
- GrantForest ManagementFood SystemsBeginning FarmersEducationEventsNJNYRIMENHVTMACTAny
Ohio Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
Ohio Department of Agriculture
- DiscountBeginning FarmersSuccessionTrainingLand & OwnershipOH
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
Practical Farmers of Iowa Empower Farmers Program
Practical Farmers of Iowa
- GrantBeginning FarmersHistorically UnderservedIANEKS
Practical Farmers of Iowa Savings Incentive Program
Practical Farmers of Iowa · Due Oct 23
- GrantBeginning FarmersBusiness PlanIA
Rhode Island Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI)
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
- GrantProcessingFood Supply ChainDistributionEquipmentHistorically UnderservedRI
Series II Beginning Farmer Loan Program
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipLegal & FinanceNC
Series III Ag Start Beginning Farmer Real Estate Loans
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- LoanBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipBuildingsRefinancingNC
Small Acreage Next Generation Program (SANG) (SANG)
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- EasementBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipConservationSmall ProducersMD
Small Business Association Loans
Small Business Administration
- LoanGeneralBeginning FarmersMicroloanSmall ProducersNationalAny
The Good Farmer Award (U.S.)
Rodale Institute
- GrantBeginning FarmersRegenerativeNational
Tipper-Gurley Grow-a-Farmer Fund
Future Harvest
- GrantBeginning FarmersHistorically UnderservedTrainingMDVADC
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
Colorado Agricultural Workforce Development Program (AWDP)
Colorado Department of Agriculture · Opens Oct 1
- GrantTrainingLaborStudentsBeginning FarmersCO
Humane Farming Mentorship Program
Food Animal Concerns Trust · Opens Nov 1
- GrantTrainingBeginning FarmersTechnical AssistanceGrazing ManagementNational
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 FarmersAKAZCAIDMTORWAAny
Beginning Farmer Equipment and Infrastructure Grant (BFEI)
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Closed Mar 26
- GrantBeginning FarmersEquipmentInfrastructureMN
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 Aug 24
- GrantConservationSoil HealthWater QualityMarketingFarmers MarketLocal FoodBeginning FarmersCOAny
Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund
Farmer Veteran Coalition · Closed Feb 17
- GrantVeteransBeginning FarmersNationalAny
Forest Landowner Support (IRA)
Forest Service · Closed Dec 31
- GrantForest ManagementTechnical AssistanceCarbon CreditsHistorically UnderservedNational
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 Training Program (BFTP)
Future Harvest · Closed Nov 14
- EducationBeginning FarmersEducationTrainingMDPAVADEWVDCAny
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 FarmersNationalAny
Higher Education Scholarship Program
Farm Credit East · Closed Mar 16
- GrantEducationBeginning FarmersCTMEMANHNJNYRIVTAny
Horizon Farm Credit Young, Beginning, and Small (YBS) Farmer Grant Program
Horizon Farm Credit · Closed Aug 21
- GrantBeginning FarmersPAWVDEMDAny
Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference Scholarship
Marbleseed · Closed Feb 16
- EducationGrantEducationEventsBeginning FarmersVeteransHistorically UnderservedNational
Michigan Crosshatch Microloan
Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology · Closed Feb 17
- LoanLocal FoodFood SystemsSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersUrbanMIAny
Minnesota Down Payment Assistance Grant Program
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Closed Aug 31
- GrantBeginning FarmersWomenLand & OwnershipVeteransLGBTQ+Native AmericansYouthUrbanPeople Of ColorDisabledSocially DisadvantagedMNAny
New York State Beginning Farmer Competitive Grant Program (BFCG)
New York Department of Agriculture and Markets, New York Farm Viability Institute · Closed Jun 14
- GrantBeginning FarmersBusiness PlanGeneralNY
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
RAFI-USA Grassroots Farm Policy Grant
Rural Advancement Foundation International · Closed Dec 31
- GrantPeople Of ColorHistorically UnderservedNon-ProfitTrainingNational
Rhode Island Local Ag & Seafood Act Grant (LASA)
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management · Closed Dec 5
- GrantLocal FoodBeginning FarmersSocially DisadvantagedWomenConservationRISeafood
Service Eligibility Partners (SEP) Grant (SEP)
University of Arizona · Closed Apr 30
- GrantBusiness PlanSmall ProducersUrbanHistorically UnderservedBeginning FarmersAZ
Southern Maryland Farmer Mini-Grant Program
Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission · Closed Dec 31
- GrantBeginning FarmersCoronavirusMDAny
The Brighter Future Fund’s New England Regenerative Livestock Farming Grant (NE-RLF)
American Farmland Trust, Brighter Future Fund · 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 May 31
- GrantSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersNationalAny