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Issue 34 · Week of May 22, 2026

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Farmers for Soil Health — Enrollment Now Open

Cover crops · $35 per acre on up to 2,000 acres · 20 states including IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, NE, NY, NC, ND, OH, PA, SD, TN, VA, WI. Corn, soybean, wheat, grain sorghum, and cotton growers eligible. Enrollment is open now.

Federal Programs · Open Now

Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP)

Direct marketing · $50,000–$500,000 · Jun 5

Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP)

Food hubs · $100,000–$750,000 · Jun 5

Regional Food System Partnerships (RFSP)

Regional partnerships · $100,000–$1,000,000 · Jun 5

Acer Access and Development Program

Maple businesses · $50,000–$500,000 · Jun 22

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP)

Specialty crops · $72.9M total · Jun 8

Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)

Disaster repair · Up to 75–90% cost-share

Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP)

Crop disaster payments · Varies · Aug 2026

Grassland Conservation Reserve Program

Working grasslands · Rental + cost-share

State & Regional Programs

new state programs
open for application

State programs are updated weekly across all 33 states we track. Find what's available in your state:

→ State Program List 1

→ State Program List 2

Policy Pulse

USDA · SDRP Second Payment & Extended Deadline

USDA issued a second supplemental disaster payment and extended the application deadline. Producers with unresolved 2023 or 2024 losses still have time. Read more →

USDA & EXIM · Export Finance Partnership

USDA and the Export-Import Bank launched a new export finance partnership for agriculture — most relevant for processors and value-added operations with overseas ambitions.

USDA · Nearly $20M for Farm to School Awards

USDA announced nearly $20 million in FY2026 Farm to School support — a signal that institutional local-food channels are still getting federal attention. Read more →

Private & Philanthropic

CCOF Hardship Assistance Fund

Organic disaster relief · $5,000–$20,000

CCOF Certification Financial Assistance

Organic certification · Fee waivers / assistance

AgWest New Producer Grant

Beginning producers · AK AZ CA ID MT OR WA · $15,000 · May 31

AgWest Rural Community Grants

Rural nonprofits · AgWest territory · Varies · Dec 15

CHS Cooperative Matching Grants

Co-op community projects · Varies · Year-round

Working Here Fund Grants

Rural nonprofits · IA NE SD WY · Up to $25,000

What to Do This Week

1.	Direct marketers — Sort FMPP, LFPP, RFSP, and Acer before the June 5 and June 22 deadlines pile up — they are four different programs with four different fits.
2.	Iowa readers — Four Iowa programs are live right now — check all of them, not just Dairy Innovation.
3.	New York, Kentucky, Vermont, and North Dakota — Unusually good multi-opportunity clusters are live right now in each of these states. Pull the state program lists.
4.	Organic or transitioning in California — Both CCOF items deserve a hard look — hardship assistance and certification financial aid are separate programs.
5.	Cover crop growers — Move on Farmers for Soil Health while enrollment is live — $35/acre on up to 2,000 acres.

Watch List

APUC — North Dakota	Next deadline Jul 1, 2026
Arizona Livestock Fire & Flood Assistance	Application info coming Jun 2026
Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG)	Closed — track for next cycle
FruitGuys Community Fund	2026 cycle closed — monitor next round

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