Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA AMS TM SCBGP G 25 0004
The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) Farm Bill 2025 opportunity is a USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) grant program that provides FY 2025 funding to State departments of agriculture to run projects that strengthen and improve the competitiveness of specialty crops. In practice, this program is designed to help states and U.S. territories invest in efforts that make specialty-crop industries more resilient, more visible in the marketplace, and better positioned to meet consumer demand. The program is listed as a mandatory funding opportunity and uses a grant funding instrument, with the funding activity category focused on agriculture (CFDA 10.170). The application closing date shown for this cycle is July 7, 2025, and the opportunity anticipates 56 awards.
Eligibility is limited to state-level agricultural agencies, meaning the applicant must be a State department of agriculture or an equivalent agency, commission, or department responsible for agriculture within its jurisdiction. The eligible jurisdictions include all 50 U.S. states plus American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. While individual farmers, universities, nonprofits, or companies typically are not the direct applicants under SCBGP, they often participate as partners, subrecipients, or stakeholders through the state department of agriculture, depending on how each state structures its grant-making and project selection processes.
The core purpose of SCBGP is to fund projects that enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops, which USDA defines as fruits and vegetables, dried fruit, tree nuts, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture. The program highlights several major lanes of work. First, it supports marketing and promotion activities that help specialty crops reach buyers and consumers more effectively, such as brand development, domestic market expansion, trade and promotion efforts where appropriate, and campaigns that increase awareness and demand. Second, it supports research and development assistance that is directly relevant to specialty crop producers, which can include applied research, production innovations, post-harvest handling improvements, pest and disease management approaches, food safety practices, and other practical work that improves quality, yields, and profitability. Third, it aims to expand availability and access to specialty crops, which often involves strengthening distribution channels, improving supply chain efficiency, supporting aggregation and processing, building institutional purchasing pathways, and increasing access for underserved communities. Fourth, it funds efforts to address challenges that specialty crop producers face at local, regional, and national levels, which can include issues like climate impacts, labor constraints, emerging pests, market disruptions, and other barriers that limit competitiveness. Finally, the program leaves room for other specialty-crop priorities the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be appropriate, in consultation with specialty crop stakeholders and relevant state agriculture departments, which allows the program to adapt to evolving industry needs.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is identified as "Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill 2025" with Funding Opportunity Number USDA AMS TM SCBGP G 25 0004, issued by USDA AMS. The listing notes an award ceiling of 0, which typically indicates that a single maximum award amount is not presented in that field and that award sizes may vary based on formula, allocations, or other program-specific determinations. Overall, SCBGP functions as a state-administered vehicle for investing in specialty-crop priorities, with USDA providing the funding to state departments of agriculture and states using those funds to implement projects that strengthen markets, improve production and post-harvest outcomes, and expand consumer access to specialty crops.Apply for USDA AMS TM SCBGP G 25 0004
- The Agricultural Marketing Service in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Specialty Crop Block Grant Program Farm Bill 2025" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.170.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2025-05-09.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-07-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 56 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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