The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced $300,000 in grant funding available through the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program (SPMGP). Grant applications are currently being accepted through Sept. 30, 2024.
“The investments announced today are investments in the future of our nation’s sheep industry,” said USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt. “Projects funded by this program will help build and support the infrastructure needed to ensure sustainable sheep production and enhanced marketing of U.S. sheep products for years to come.”
In 2019, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a five-year grant for $1.9 million to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center (NSIIC) through the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program to provide subawards to projects that develop solutions for practical problems and address the needs of the entire sheep industry, while focusing on measurable benefits for sheep producers, encouraging partnerships among other sheep industry organizations, and reducing duplication of effort among participating organizations. In 2024, Congress appropriated additional funds for this program.
More information about the grant and the application process is available on the AMS website. Applications must be submitted directly to the NSIIC and will be reviewed by their Board of Directors via a competitive process. The Board will then make funding recommendations to AMS for approval.
For more information about the Center, including previous awardees, visit the NSIIC website.
USDA news release
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