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USDA-AMS-TM-DBI-G-25-0008: Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2025

Closed Closed September 9, 2025 Opportunity USDA-AMS-TM-DBI-G-25-0008 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives Program (DBI) Fiscal Year 2026 (USDA-AMS-TM-DBI-G-26-0011). Status: Closes January 4, 2027 (58 days left). It is in our archive of Agricultural Marketing Service notices from 2025.

• Award ceiling$3.5 million
• Award floor$690,000
• Total funding$11.0 million
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 only from the existing four initiatives of the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives program: the California State University Fresno Foundation, the University of Tennessee, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, and the University of Wisconsin.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives awards averaged $8.1 million; this notice allows up to $3.5 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (70% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), requests applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 only from the existing four initiatives of the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives program: the California State University Fresno Foundation, the University of Tennessee, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, and the University of Wisconsin. These initiatives serve to:Diversify dairy product markets to reduce risk and develop higher value uses for dairy products,Promote business development that diversifies farmer income through processing and marketing innovation, andEncourage the use of regional milk production.

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, USDA-AMS-TM-DBI-G-26-0011, which is open now.

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