Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FSA MULTI 22 NOFO0001197
The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) is offering discretionary funding through cooperative agreements to expand participation in the Conservation Reserve Program-Transition Incentive Program (CRP-TIP). CRP-TIP is designed to help move land coming out of expiring CRP contracts into the hands of the next generation of agricultural producers by encouraging landowners to transfer land access or ownership to beginning farmers and ranchers. The core problem this opportunity is trying to solve is practical and persistent: many landowners with expiring CRP acres are not well connected to land seekers, and awareness and understanding of CRP-TIP can be limited. As a result, eligible land may not transition as intended, and opportunities for new, veteran, and historically underserved producers can be missed.
FSA is seeking partners that can deliver outreach and technical assistance that directly increases awareness, improves understanding among landowners and program participants, and ultimately increases enrollment in CRP-TIP. The strongest emphasis is on projects that actively connect landowners (particularly private landowners with expiring CRP contracts) with land seekers who want to farm or ranch that ground under CRP-TIP. Proposals are expected to run one to two years. While most funded projects will focus on outreach and technical assistance, FSA also expects to fund a limited number of research-oriented projects that analyze CRP-TIP participation challenges, build on previous studies about barriers to enrollment, and produce actionable recommendations for program improvements and best practices that can be applied more broadly.
The opportunity is listed as "FSA Conservation Reserve Program Transition Incentive Program: Outreach, Technical Assistance, and Research Agreements" under Funding Opportunity Number USDA FSA MULTI 22 NOFO0001197 and CFDA 10.147, with awards made as cooperative agreements, which typically means substantial involvement and coordination with the federal agency during the project. The funding activity category is agriculture, and the program anticipates making about 20 awards. Individual awards can be as large as $300,000, indicating support for projects that can reach meaningful scale, build partnerships, and deliver measurable engagement with both landowners and prospective producers.
Eligible applicants include a wide range of governmental and nonprofit entities that are well positioned to conduct statewide, regional, or community-based outreach and coordination. This includes state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; and nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education under that nonprofit category). In practice, this eligibility list aligns with organizations that already serve agricultural communities and can credibly convene landowners, beginning farmers, service providers, and local partners to help land transition plans move from interest to enrollment.
Key timing details include a creation date of July 21, 2022, and an application deadline of October 21, 2022. Applications had to be submitted through Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on that closing date. FSA also planned an informational webinar for August 18, 2022, with updates posted through farmers.gov/newfarmers, signaling that FSA intended to provide applicants and stakeholders with a forum to understand priorities, requirements, and expectations for strong proposals.
Overall, this grant opportunity is best understood as a targeted effort to strengthen the "last mile" of CRP-to-farm transition: educating landowners about the incentive, helping them see how participation works, and building real connections between people who control expiring CRP land and producers who are ready to farm it. At the same time, FSA is leaving room for a smaller set of analytic projects that can diagnose what is and is not working in CRP-TIP and translate those findings into concrete recommendations and replicable best practices.Apply for USDA FSA MULTI 22 NOFO0001197
- The Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FSA Conservation Reserve Program Transition Incentive Program: Outreach, Technical Assistance, and Research Agreements" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.147.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 21, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 21, 2022 Applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 1159 pm Eastern Time on October 21, 2022.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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