Attention AMS grant recipients and applicants!
On April 4, 2022, the Federal government transitioned from using the DUNS Number to the Unique Entity ID (UEI) (generated by SAM.gov). Learn More about the transition process.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) works to improve domestic and international opportunities for U.S. growers and producers. AMS works with a variety of organizations to support to rural America and the Nation’s agricultural sector. AMS grant programs include the:
- Acer Access and Development Program
- Dairy Business Innovation Initiative
- Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (implemented as FMPP and LFPP)
- Farm and Food Worker Relief Grant Program
- Federal State Marketing Improvement Program
- Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant Program
- Micro Grants for Food Security Program
- Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program
- Regional Food System Partnerships
- Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Block Grant Program
- Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program
- Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (implemented as SCBGP and SCMP)
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Tribal Seafood Processors Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program
These funding opportunities support a variety of agricultural activities.
Additional Resources
- Grant Management Systems Changes
- Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP)
- Grant Opportunities Fact Sheet: Funding expanded market channels for animal production and livestock products (pdf)
- Performance Measures
- Local Food Systems Response to COVID Resource Hub
- COVID-19 Resources for Grants
- Grants 101: A Guide to the AMS Grant Process (pdf)
- Grant Webinars
- AMS Grant Opportunities Fact Sheet
- USDA’s Local/Regional Food Programs
- Starting or Expanding a Farm
- Seeds of Success: Digging into the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program
- Learn about more USDA resources