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Value-Added Producer Grants
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2009 Notice of Funds Availability Withdrawal

The Notice of Funds Availability for the FY 2009 Value-Added Producer Grant Program originally Publilshed on May 6, 2009 is in the process of being re-issued.

Please check back for updates.

Welcome to the Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) home page.

Grants may be used for planning activities and for working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products and for farm-based renewable energy. Eligible applicants are independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives, agricultural producer groups, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures.

For more information about the program, contact your State Rural Development Office to obtain additional information and assistance. A contact person, address, phone number, and e-mail address for each State Office is posted on this website.