List of Agricultural Funding for Legal & Finance
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Direct Farm Operating Loan
Farm Service Agency
- LoanGeneralEquipmentAnimal PurchaseDiversificationMarketingProcessingFeedSeedFertilizerCash RentHousingConstructionInfrastructureRepairsPest ManagementStorageLegal & FinanceWater ManagementWaterway ProtectionWater QualityConservationTrainingImmigrantsCSARefinancingReduced TillageNationalAny

Acequia and Community Ditch Fund (New Mexico)
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
- GrantWater ManagementConservationLegal & FinanceResearchNM

AFID Planning Grants
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- GrantBusiness PlanMarketingLand & OwnershipVA

AFID Planning Grants
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- GrantBusiness PlanMarketingLand & OwnershipVA

Agribusiness Bond Program
South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development
- LoanManufacturingProcessingInfrastructureLegal & FinanceSD

Agricultural Improvement Loan Program
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority
- LoanBuildingsConstructionEquipmentRefinancingMN

Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA)
Natural Resources Conservation Service
- GrantCost ShareConservationDiversificationMarketingSoil HealthCertified OrganicWater QualityIrrigationForest ManagementInfrastructureWaterway ProtectionTransitionFertilizerWetland ConservationPest ManagementTreesCTDEHIMEMDMANVNHNJNYPARIUTVTWVWYAny

ANCA Bridge Loan Program
Adirondack North Country Association
- LoanLegal & FinanceSmall ProducersGeneralNY

Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development
- DiscountSuccessionLand & OwnershipRental IncomePA

Building Small Farm Viability
Central State University
- EducationTrainingBusiness PlanAfrican AmericanSocially DisadvantagedVeteransOH

California Organic Transition Grant
California Certified Organic Farms
- GrantTransitionCertified OrganicMarketingTechnical AssistanceRisk ManagementCAAny

Clean Ohio Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (LAEPP)
Ohio Department of Agriculture
- EasementLand & OwnershipConservationLegal & FinanceOH

Colorado Agricultural Future Loans Program
Colorado Department of Agriculture
- LoanValue-Added ProductsTransitionConstructionMarketingProcessingYouthLand & OwnershipEquipmentConservationCOAny

Commodity Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanRisk ManagementHarvestLegal & FinanceNational

Connecticut Traditional Farmland Preservation Program
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
- EasementTransitionLand & OwnershipCTAny

Emergency Farm Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanDisaster ReliefHousingConstructionLegal & FinanceRepairsDroughtEmergencyRefinancingTornadoHurricaneNationalAny

Established Farmer Real Estate Loan
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanLand & OwnershipLegal & FinanceND

Family Farm Loan Program
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanLand & OwnershipEquipmentRefinancingAnimal PurchaseND

Farm Ownership Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanLand & OwnershipInfrastructureConservationWater QualitySoil HealthConstructionBuildingsWaterway ProtectionLegal & FinanceWomenNationalAny

Farm Real Estate Loan Guarantee Program
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanLand & OwnershipRefinancingLegal & FinanceND

Farmland Conservation (Agricultural Conservation Easements)
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- EasementGrantLand & OwnershipConservationSuccessionNon-ProfitVT

FarmLend
Farm Credit
- LoanBusiness PlanLand & OwnershipCooperativesNationalAny

Fisheries Finance Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- LoanConstructionRepairsInfrastructureEquipmentRefinancingNationalAquaculture

Food Animal Concerns Trust Conference Scholarships (FACT)
Food Animal Concerns Trust
- GrantCertified HumaneValue-Added ProductsBusiness PlanMarketingEducationTravelTrainingNational

Forestry Equipment and Working Capital Loan Fund (Forestry EWC Loan Fund)
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- LoanTimberEquipmentLegal & FinanceMD

FSA Guaranteed Loan Purchase Program
Bank of North Dakota
- LoanGeneralLegal & FinanceND

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

Hawaii Qualified Farmer Loan
Hawaii Department of Agriculture & Biosecurity
- LoanFood SystemsTrainingTransitionMicroloanDisaster ReliefSoil HealthWater QualityConservationLand & OwnershipConstructionBuildingsRepairsAnimal PurchaseMarketingLaborHIAny

Highly Fractionated Indian Land Loan Program
Farm Service Agency
- LoanNative AmericansLand & OwnershipLegal & FinanceNationalAny

KAFC Horticulture Incentives Loan Program (HILP) (HILP)
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
- LoanLegal & FinanceBusiness PlanRisk ManagementKY

Kentucky Selling Farmer Tax Credit Program
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development · Due Dec 31
- DiscountBeginning FarmersTransitionLand & OwnershipKYAny

Louisiana Grain and Cotton Indemnity Fund
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- GrantRisk ManagementLegal & FinanceLA

Mad Agriculture Perennial Fund
Mad Agriculture
- LoanCertified OrganicTransitionStewardshipEquipmentProcessingInfrastructureSeedFertilizerWaste & CompostWeedsStorageRepairsCertificationInputsWaste & Manure ManagementLaborIrrigationHousingAnimal PurchaseNationalAny

Mad Capital
Mad Agriculture
- LoanRegenerativeTransitionCertified OrganicNationalAny

Maine PFAS Fund — Farm Financial Assistance (Master Application) (PFAS Fund)
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
- GrantTechnical AssistanceInfrastructureFeedInputsTransitionME

Maine Rural Rehabilitation Trust Fund (RRTF)
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry
- LoanAnimal PurchaseBusiness PlanME

Marbleseed Farmer-to-Farmer Mentorship Program
Marbleseed
- DiscountEducationCertified OrganicTransitionDiversificationWIMNIAILINMINDSDAny

Marketing Assistance Loans
Farm Service Agency
- LoanDistributionHarvestLegal & FinanceMarketingStorageNationalWheatCornBarleyUpland CottonLong Grain RiceMedium Grain RiceSoybeansRapeseedCanolaSafflowerFlaxMustardDry PeasLentilsChickpeasWoolMohairHoneyPeanutsSorghum

Maryland Remote Setting Shellfish Aquaculture Loan Fund (Remote Setting Shellfish Aquaculture Loan Fund)
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- LoanEquipmentAnimal PurchaseBusiness PlanTrainingMD

Maryland Shellfish Aquaculture Financing Fund (Shellfish Aquaculture Financing Fund)
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- LoanEquipmentAnimal PurchaseTrainingBusiness PlanMD

Maryland Urban Agriculture Commercial Lending Incentive Grant
Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- GrantLegal & FinanceUrbanBeginning FarmersInputsSeedFertilizerWaste & CompostEquipmentGreenhouseHigh TunnelIrrigationLaborMDAny

Massachusetts Agricultural Preservation Restriction Program (APR)
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
- EasementSuccessionMAAny

Microloan Programs
Farm Service Agency
- LoanMicroloanInfrastructureConstructionConservationSoil HealthWater QualityEquipmentSeedFertilizerHousingCash RentCertified OrganicIrrigationMarketingDistributionFarmers MarketCSAComplianceCertificationSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersRepairsPest ManagementAnimal PurchaseFencingNationalAny

Minnesota Dairy Business Planning Grant
Minnesota Department of Agriculture · Due Jun 30
- GrantBusiness PlanSafe Working ConditionsTechnical AssistanceMNDairy

Missouri Beginning Farmer Tax Deduction Program
Missouri Department of Agriculture
- DiscountBeginning FarmersLand & OwnershipSuccessionRental IncomeMO

Missouri Value-Added Agriculture Loan Guarantee Program
Missouri Department of Agriculture
- LoanMarketingLegal & FinanceProcessingBusiness PlanMOAny

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

Montana Rural Assistance Loans
Montana Department of Agriculture
- LoanLegal & FinanceAnimal PurchaseEquipmentInfrastructureBuildingsIrrigationLand & OwnershipMTAny

New York State Small Business Revolving Loan Fund Round 2
Empire State Development
- LoanMicroloanSocially DisadvantagedEquipmentRefinancingNYAny

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

North Dakota Organic Education and Transition Cost Share Program
North Dakota Department of Agriculture
- Cost ShareGrantTransitionCertified OrganicFood SystemsCertificationEducationNDAny

Ohio Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
Ohio Department of Agriculture
- DiscountBeginning FarmersSuccessionTrainingLand & OwnershipOH

Pennsylvania Farm Vitality Planning Grant
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- GrantBusiness PlanGeneralPAAny

PFAS Emergency Relief Fund
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners
- GrantDisaster ReliefPublic HealthLand DamageLegal & FinanceME

Plank Stewardship Initiative Short Notice Grant
Plank Stewardship Initiative
- GrantStewardshipLand & OwnershipTrainingSuccessionConservationWaterway ProtectionWater QualityCover CropsHistorically UnderservedWomenWildlife & Pollinator HabitatSoil HealthMTWYAny

Practical Farmers of Iowa Cover Crop Business Accelerator
Practical Farmers of Iowa
- Cost ShareCover CropsBusiness PlanIANEMN

Practical Farmers of Iowa Savings Incentive Program
Practical Farmers of Iowa · Due Oct 23
- GrantBeginning FarmersBusiness PlanIA

Restructure II Loan Program
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority
- LoanRefinancingLegal & FinanceRisk ManagementMN

Rural Decentralized Water Systems Grant Program
Rural Development · Due Sep 30
- GrantNon-ProfitLegal & FinanceNationalAny

Seller Assisted Loan Participation Program
Minnesota Rural Finance Authority
- LoanLand & OwnershipLegal & FinanceTrainingMN

Series I Farm Real Estate Loans
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- LoanLand & OwnershipRefinancingBuildingsIrrigationNC

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

Southern Maryland Agricultural Equity Incentive Matching Fund
Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, Maryland Agriculture & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation
- GrantLegal & FinanceRuralGeneralMD

Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP)
Agricultural Marketing Service
- EducationDiscountCertified OrganicTransitionTrainingEventsCertificationConservationBusiness PlanFood Supply ChainMarketingEducationNationalAny

Value Added Sub Fund (VASF)
South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development
- LoanValue-Added ProductsBusiness PlanMarketingSD

VEDA Loan Program for Forest Products Businesses
Vermont Economic Development Authority
- LoanTimberEquipmentRefinancingManufacturingVT

Vermont Farm and Forest Program Business Advising
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
- DiscountBusiness PlanSmall ProducersBeginning FarmersValue-Added ProductsSuccessionMarketingDistributionProcessingVTForestryAny

Vermont Working Lands Service Provider & Producer Association Grants
Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Initiative · Due Nov 5
- GrantBusiness PlanNon-ProfitMarketingProcessingVTAny

Wisconsin Farmland Preservation Planning Grants
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
- GrantLand & OwnershipConservationLegal & FinanceWI

Wisconsin Organic Cost Share Certification Rebate Program (OCCSP)
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
- Cost ShareCertified OrganicCertificationTransitionWI

Women in Agrifoodtech Directory
From Farms to Incubators
- EducationWomenDigital TechnologyLegal & FinanceFood SystemsNationalAny

North Carolina AgVentures Grant Program
North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission · Opens Oct 15
- GrantSmall ProducersTransitionTrainingMarketingExtensionNCAny

Agricultural Leadership Development Initiative (ALDI)
Future Harvest · Closed Jan 21
- EducationBeginning FarmersEducationHistorically UnderservedBusiness PlanVeteransNationalAny

Colorado Next Gen Ag Leadership Grant Program
Colorado Department of Agriculture · Closed Apr 24
- GrantEducationSuccessionStewardshipYouthCOAny

Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge
Farm Bureau · Closed Jun 9
- GrantBusiness PlanDiversificationReduced InputsLaborNationalAny

Montana Agriculture Student Loan Assistance Program (SLAP)
Montana Department of Agriculture · Closed May 18
- GrantStudentsSuccessionEducationMT

Montana Growth Through Agriculture Program (GTA)
Montana Department of Agriculture · Closed Feb 2
- GrantLoanCost ShareGeneralTransitionTravelMTAny

National Bison Production & Marketing Grant (NBPMG)
Mad Agriculture · Closed Aug 24
- GrantGrazing ManagementBusiness PlanEquipmentRegenerativeTechnical AssistanceNational

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

Ohio Farm Bureau Growing Tomorrow Grant
Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation · Closed Jul 31
- GrantEducationConservationAnimal HealthMarketingTransitionTrainingFood SystemsOHAny

Plank Stewardship Initiative
Plank Stewardship Initiative · Closed Feb 16
- GrantStewardshipLand & OwnershipSuccessionConservationHistorically UnderservedWomenMTWYAny

Regenerate Virginia Farm Vitality Grant
Brighter Future Fund · Closed Dec 19
- GrantRegenerativeSuccessionBusiness PlanDiversificationLand & OwnershipVA

Service Eligibility Partners (SEP) Grant (SEP)
University of Arizona · Closed Apr 30
- GrantBusiness PlanSmall ProducersUrbanHistorically UnderservedBeginning FarmersAZ

Vermont Farm and Forest Business Plan Implementation Grant
Vermont Housing and Conservation Board · Closed May 1
- GrantLocal FoodBusiness PlanConstructionEnergy EfficiencyEquipmentSmall ProducersConservationCarbon CaptureVTAny