Federal grants to Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis, Maryland received $44.8 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 148 awards. Its largest program was Animal Disease and Animal Care, with $17.8 million. In fiscal 2025 more was taken back from its awards than added, a net -$2.7 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$44.8 million
- Awards148
- Awarded in FY 2025-$2.7 million
- Largest award$8.1 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 36 | $7.3 million |
| FY 2022 | 33 | $23.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 36 | $11.2 million |
| FY 2024 | 31 | $5.9 million |
| FY 2025 | 33 | -$2.7 million |
Programs that fund Maryland Department of Agriculture
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Disease and Animal Care | 87 | $17.8 million |
| Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants | 1 | $8.1 million |
| Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program | 1 | $3.8 million |
| Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | 6 | $3.0 million |
| Performance Partnership Grants | 2 | $2.2 million |
| Food and Drug Administration Research | 3 | $2.1 million |
| WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) | 10 | $2.0 million |
| Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Chesapeake Bay Blue Catfish Purchasing | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Forest Health Protection | 7 | $1.7 million |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | 140 | $30.2 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 4 | $12.3 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 3 | $2.1 million |
| Department of the Interior | 1 | $100,000 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description: mda cbrap II this action awards federal funds in the amount of $1,967,672. Federal funds in the amount of $3,815,196 are contingent upon availability. The purpose of this award is to aid the Maryland department of agriculture (MDA) in implementing and expanding its regulatory, accountabi | Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants | July 1, 2022 | $8.1 million |
| Award purpose: the 2022 Maryland department of agriculture hpaiemergency cooperative agreement funding will contribute to payment forunexpected costs arising from the disease response to the highlypathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Maryland that began in march,2022. These costs included state re | Animal Disease and Animal Care | July 29, 2022 | $7.9 million |
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| Maryland state plan | Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program | August 31, 2023 | $3.8 million |
| Mda cbrap i: this grant agreement funds the Maryland department of agriculture to support the goals and outcomes of the 2014 chesapeake bay watershed agreement by significantly reducing the nitrogen and phosphorus loads through an understanding and implementation of nutrient management bmps. This ac | Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program General, Technical Assistance, and Small Watershed Grants | September 16, 2021 | $2.0 million |
| The cooperative agreement will provide funds for the purchase, processing, and distribution of wild-caught catfish to be made available through food banks or other food distributors. Two million of section 32 funds will be used to administer a program to remove wild blue catfish from the chesapeake | Chesapeake Bay Blue Catfish Purchasing | September 30, 2025 | $2.0 million |
| Path c Maryland department of agriculture produce safety program - project title: Maryland department of agriculture (MDA) path c produce safety program project description: the fda produce safety rule has been adopted in its entirety into the Maryland annotated code agriculture article Maryland pro | Food and Drug Administration Research | June 28, 2021 | $1.9 million |
| This pesticides performance partnership (PPG) agreement provides funding for the operation of the Maryland department of agricultures (MDAG) to, improve environmental performance, achieve administrative savings and strengthen the partnership between mdag and EPA. This agreement funds statewide progr | Performance Partnership Grants | June 17, 2021 | $1.8 million |
| Award purpose: slf is an invasive planthopper that has the potential to cause majordamage to severalagricultural industries within Maryland. This damage occurs not onlydirectly from feeding, but also as a consequence of the sugary honeydewthey produce, which encourages the growth of sooty mold. This | Animal Disease and Animal Care | June 27, 2022 | $1.1 million |
| Maryland cooperative forest health protection & forest health monitoring, thousand canker disease monitoring, sudden oak death monitoring, beech lea | Forest Health Protection | April 29, 2022 | $1.1 million |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Maryland Department of Agriculture get?
$44.8 million in 148 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Maryland Department of Agriculture the most?
The Department of Agriculture, with $30.2 million in 140 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Maryland Department of Agriculture's largest federal grant?
$8.1 million under Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants, with its first action in the period on July 1, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Maryland Department of Agriculture?
Its largest are Animal Disease and Animal Care, Geographic Programs - Chesapeake Bay Program Signatory Implementation and Monitoring Grants and Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program.
Other grant recipients in Annapolis
- State of Maryland
- State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Maryland Department of Budget and Management
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation
- Chesapeake Bay Trust
- Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis, Inc
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.
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