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USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-26-0004: Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill 2026

Closed Closed June 8, 2026 Opportunity USDA-AMS-TM-SCBGP-G-26-0004 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Specialty Crop Multi-State Grant Program 2026 (USDA-AMS-TM-SCMP-G-26-0020). Status: Closes December 4, 2026 (27 days left). It is in our archive of Agricultural Marketing Service notices from 2026.

• Total funding$86.6 million
• Expected awards56
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to state and local governments.

• State governments

More grants for state and local governments.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (98% over five years) went to state and local governments.
• 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) 2026 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.

Category: Agriculture.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, USDA-AMS-TM-SCMP-G-26-0020, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.