Climate Smart Ag Grant Info
In February 2022, USDA announced the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, a program to finance partnerships supporting the production and marketing of climate-smart commodities through pilot projects lasting one to five years. On September 14, 2022, USDA announced the selection of 70 projects, with grants ranging from $5 million to $100 million. Nearly 1,000 partners are participating in the first 70 projects, and USDA is investing $2.8 billion in those projects. Another set of smaller projects targeting historically underserved producers is expected to be announced by the end of 2022. Dairies are participating in 17 first round of projects and will receive more than $765 million in funding. Texas dairies are participating in five projects and Pennsylvania dairies are participating in seven projects. These projects include partnerships organized by Land O’Lakes called Climate SMART (Scaling Mechanisms for Agriculture’s Regenerative Transformation), Carbon A List called Transforming the Farmer- to-Consumer Supply Chain with Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnerships, and Dairy Farmers of America called Scaling Methane Emissions Reductions and Soil Carbon Sequestration - A Value-Added Commodities Approach for United States Dairy. All of the dairy projects in Texas and Pennsylvania will be looking for additional producers to participate in their pilots.
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