Issue 37 · Week of June 5, 2026 Grant Harvester Weekly funding alerts for the rural entrepreneur |  |
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★ Featured Spotlight — Fresh Dirt Alert | Farmers for Soil Health — Enrollment 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 · New + Still Open | |
| State & Regional Programs | |
Iowa North Dakota New York Vermont Pennsylvania Kentucky California Florida Nebraska Minnesota Oklahoma USDA · SDRP Second Payment & Extended Deadline USDA issued a second supplemental disaster payment and extended the SDRP window into August. 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 aimed at expanding opportunities for agricultural exporters and processors. |
USDA · Nearly $20M for Farm to School Awards USDA announced nearly $20 million in FY2026 Farm to School support — institutional local-food channels are still getting federal attention. Read more → |
| 1. | New federal money this week — CIG, BFRDP, and the Regenerative Pilot Program are worth a look before June deadlines tighten. | | 2. | Iowa readers — Focus on the three live beginning farmer finance tools first. | | 3. | New York and North Dakota — Both have multi-opportunity clusters worth opening immediately. | | 4. | California organic producers — The two CCOF programs are still among the strongest private opportunities in the list. | | 5. | Cover crop growers — Move on Farmers for Soil Health while enrollment is live and technical support is available. |
| Specialty Crop Block Grant Program | Open through Jun 8 — contact your state ag dept now | | Farmers Market Promotion Program | Closes Jun 5 | | Local Food Promotion Program | Closes Jun 5 | | Acer Access and Development Program | Still open — Jun 22 arrives fast |
Grant Harvester · Issue 37 · Week of June 5, 2026
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