The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), is offering the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) for Fiscal Year 2025. This grant is for eligible State departments of agriculture to implement projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. These crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops. The program aims to achieve this by supporting efforts in marketing and promotion, assisting producers with research and development, expanding availability and access, and addressing key challenges confronting specialty crop producers. It also allows for other purposes determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, ensuring broad support for this vital agricultural sector.
Opportunity ID: 358908
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-25-0004 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill 2025 |
| Opportunity Category: | Mandatory |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Agriculture |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 56 |
| Assistance Listings: | 10.170 — Specialty Crop Block Grant Program – Farm Bill |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 09, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | May 09, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 07, 2025 Only applications submitted and validated by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 07, 2025 Only applications submitted and validated by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on |
| Archive Date: | Aug 06, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $72,900,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $0 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Agricultural Marketing Service |
| Description: | The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) to award grants to eligible State departments of agriculture to carry out projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. The SCBGP assists State departments of agriculture in the 50 States, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops by— (1) leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops; (2) assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; (3) expanding availability and access to specialty crops; (4) addressing local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers; and (5) for such other purposes determined to be appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with specialty crop stakeholders and relevant State departments of agriculture. Specialty crops are fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture). A State department of agriculture is the agency, commission, or department of a State government responsible for agriculture within the State. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Agricultural Marketing Service
SCBlockGrants@usda.gov Email:SCBlockGrants@usda.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 358908 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> Specialty Crop Block Grant Program_FY25_RFA.pdf
Folder 358908 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> SCBGP Project Profile Template – updated.pdf
Folder 358908 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> SCBGP Grant Administration Template.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Agricultural Marketing Service SCBlockGrants@usda.gov Email: SCBlockGrants@usda.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.170 | USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-25-0004 | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill 2025 | PKG00290718 | May 09, 2025 | Jul 07, 2025 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
358908 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
358908 Project_AbstractSummary_2_0-2.0.pdf
358908 SF424A-1.0.pdf
358908 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
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