Federal grants to Department of Agriculture Nebraska
Department of Agriculture Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska received $19.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 77 awards. Its largest program was Animal Disease and Animal Care, with $5.3 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.0 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$19.7 million
- Awards77
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.0 million
- Largest award$3.4 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 22 | $4.3 million |
| FY 2022 | 21 | $3.9 million |
| FY 2023 | 21 | $6.4 million |
| FY 2024 | 17 | $2.1 million |
| FY 2025 | 18 | $3.0 million |
Programs that fund Department of Agriculture Nebraska
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Disease and Animal Care | 57 | $5.3 million |
| Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | 6 | $4.8 million |
| Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program | 1 | $3.4 million |
| Performance Partnership Grants | 2 | $3.3 million |
| Food and Drug Administration Research | 6 | $2.1 million |
| Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Competitive Grants Program | 1 | $559,606 |
| Flexible Funding Model - Infrastructure Development and Maintenance for State Manufactured Food Regulatory Programs | 1 | $206,061 |
| Market Protection and Promotion | 1 | $50,200 |
| Market News | 2 | $40,000 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Agriculture | 68 | $14.1 million |
| Environmental Protection Agency | 2 | $3.3 million |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 7 | $2.3 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska resilient food systems infrastructure program | Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program | August 31, 2023 | $3.4 million |
| Supports the operation of continuing environmental programs and gives flexibility to address environmental priorities. This agreement provides funding for the operation of the Nebraska department of agriculture's continuing environmental programs while giving it greater flexibility to address the hi | Performance Partnership Grants | September 17, 2021 | $3.1 million |
| The Nebraska department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops; assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; expanding availability and access to specialty crops; and addres | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | October 28, 2021 | $1.1 million |
| Nebraska's maintenance of the animal feed regulatory program standards with preventive control regulatory activities and capacity building | Food and Drug Administration Research | July 26, 2021 | $849,888 |
| The Nebraska department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveragingefforts to market and promote specialty crops assisting producers, organizations, and institutions with research and development relevant to specialty crops expanding availability and access | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | August 22, 2024 | $824,462 |
| The Nebraska department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops expanding availability and access to specialty crops and addressin | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | September 18, 2023 | $823,369 |
| The Nebraska department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops; assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; expanding availability and access to specialty crops; and addres | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | September 15, 2021 | $820,904 |
| The Nebraska state department of agriculture will enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops through leveraging efforts to market and promote specialty crops; assisting producers with research and development relevant to specialty crops; expanding availability and access to specialty crops; and | Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill | September 23, 2025 | $712,795 |
| Enhance capacity and capability of state human and animal food testing - Nebraska department of agriculture | Food and Drug Administration Research | October 30, 2020 | $703,309 |
| The Nebraska department of agriculture (NDA) proposes to sustain and expand free behavioral health counseling services for individuals engaged in farming and ranching and other agriculture-related occupations. Nebraska rural response hotline (hotline), administered by legal aid of Nebraska (LAN), cu | Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network Competitive Grants Program | July 12, 2021 | $559,606 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Department of Agriculture Nebraska get?
$19.7 million in 77 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Department of Agriculture Nebraska the most?
The Department of Agriculture, with $14.1 million in 68 awards. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services follow.
What is Department of Agriculture Nebraska's largest federal grant?
$3.4 million under Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program, with its first action in the period on August 31, 2023. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Department of Agriculture Nebraska?
Its largest are Animal Disease and Animal Care, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill and Resilient Food System Infrastructure Program.
Other grant recipients in Lincoln
- Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services
- Nebraska Department of Transportation
- Department of Education Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment
- Department of Military Nebraska
- Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
- Nebraska Department of Economic Development
- Military Nebraska Department of
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