Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KYDA)

Fill out the application, making sure to complete everything on the checklist on the first page, and mail or email it to:

Johnathan Van Balen
Kentucky Department of Agriculture 
111 Corporate Drive 
Frankfort, KY 40601
Jonathan.VanBalen@ky.gov


Jonathan Van Balen

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture facilitates a number of grant opportunities for Kentucky farmers and other businesses that grow and help&#x2004;market Kentucky grown agricultural products. Sources for these investments include the United States Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, and General Funds from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Each program has specific expectations, guidelines, award levels, and timelines. For more details on each funding area, select the program link or contact KDA staff for information.


Kentucky Proud members who have direct Kentucky farm impact may be eligible to receive up to 50% reimbursement for eligible advertising and marketing expenses.



The Kentucky Department of Agriculture facilitates a number of grant opportunities for Kentucky farmers and other businesses that grow and help market Kentucky grown agricultural products. Sources for these investments include the United States Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, and General Funds from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Each program has specific expectations, guidelines, award levels, and timelines. For more details on each funding area, select the program link or contact KDA staff for information.

Kentucky Proud members who have direct Kentucky farm impact may be eligible to receive up to 50% reimbursement for eligible advertising and marketing expenses.

You must be a member of Kentucky Proud® for grant consideration. Please apply for membership at www.kyproud.com.


A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

A payment that requires some percentage of matching contributions by the recipient.

Cost Share

Events

Certification

Distribution

Diversification

Farmers Market

Certified Organic

Trade Relief

Food Systems

Deadlines: 
Meetings take place the second Wednesday of each month. Applications that are incomplete or missing forms (survey for past POP participants, notarized affidavit, or EZ Vendor Registration Form) will not be considered for funding until these items are submitted. Applications are due the last day of the month to be considered at the next month’s meeting.

The grant maximum: 
Grants are awarded between January 1 and December 31 and cannot exceed 10 percent of the applicant’s reported direct Kentucky farm impact. The maximum award is $8,000. Grantees have 6 months from their application’s approval date to use funds. 
- Lifetime maximums are $36,000 beginning with the use of 2014 funds at the request of the KADB. 
- If you will not use your grant, or if you require a lower amount, you must inform KDA no later than 3 months after approval. If you do not, whatever amount you were originally approved for will be counted against your lifetime maximum. 

Your grant will be withheld if you are delinquent in state taxes. KDA reserves the right to audit the compliance, amend the guidelines, revoke the award, or interpret the intent of this grant at any time, without liability, at its sole discretion. All funds are first-come, first-served.

Fill out the application which includes:
- Project description
- Budget Estimate

And submit via email to agr.marketing@ky.gov

The Kentucky&#x2004;Department of Agriculture (KDA) was recently awarded a Farm and Ranch Staff Assistance Network (FRSAN) grant from the USDA. Part of the grant is to award projects that support community-based farmer appreciation programs that will promote the many contributions of farmers, their families and to appreciate the various challenges farmers face working in agriculture.

$75,000 is available for small grants, up to $5,000 each, to be awarded to create and conduct local projects to show appreciation for farmers and their families. 



The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) was recently awarded a Farm and Ranch Staff Assistance Network (FRSAN) grant from the USDA. Part of the grant is to award projects that support community-based farmer appreciation programs that will promote the many contributions of farmers, their families and to appreciate the various challenges farmers face working in agriculture.
$75,000 is available for small grants, up to $5,000 each, to be awarded to create and conduct local projects to show appreciation for farmers and their families. 

The proposed projects will be reviewed by a committee with direct knowledge of the proposed program content through personal operations, education and/or on-the-job field experience, and select the recipients. 

Mail all applications and forms to: 

The Kentucky Grape and Wine Council c/o The Kentucky Department of Agriculture 111 Corporate Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601

More details:

The annual fund will be divided into two (2) bi-annual program periods. The KGWC will send a written notice of the new program period to all licensed small farm winery wholesalers each December and June, requiring the wholesaler to confirm if it will have products participating in this program prior to the program start dates of 1st January and 1st July, respectively. The Council will then calculate a cap for each participating small farm winery each January and July, based on the amount of funds available and the number of licensed wineries participating in a program period. A written notice of the cap for the program period will be mailed to all small farm winery wholesalers that confirm active participation in the program.

Tyler Madison

The Kentucky Grape and Wine Council Wholesaler Reimbursement Program is intended to assist licensed small farm wineries, defined by KRS 241.010(45), and licensed Kentucky wholesalers in the distribution of wine products. Funding for this program is provided by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund. This grant program is administered by the Kentucky Grape and Wine Council (KGWC), in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, in accordance with 302 KAR 39:020.



The wholesaler must provide KDA with a printed report that includes eligible wine purchase price, retailer sale price, and proof of delivery. 

Wine

Grapes

Fruits

Specialty Crops

- Program Guidelines and Application Forms

Marketing

A licensed Kentucky wine wholesaler may be reimbursed $20 per case for distributing the wine products of licensed small farm wineries based on the following requirements:
- The wholesaler must submit a program application and receive written confirmation of acceptance to a program period from the KGWC prior to delivering wines that may be submitted for reimbursement consideration. 
- All wines submitted for reimbursement consideration must be pre-approved by the KGWC prior to delivery. 
- All wines eligible for reimbursement must be comprised of a minimum of 75% Kentucky grown fruit 
- Wine must be delivered by the wholesaler before a reimbursement request can be filed. 
- All reimbursement requests must be submitted to the KGWC within 30 days of delivery.

List of Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KYDA) Funding Opportunities