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Specialty Crop Block Grants Awarded

Published August 23, 2024

USDA is awarding over $82 million to 65 recipients for specialty crop block grants. The money can be used for market development, consumer education and research. Regional projects include a project to promote a sustainable dry bean breeding program, a…
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MN Specialty Crop Grants Open

Published January 31, 2023

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has announced that applications for the 2023 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program are now open. Applications will remain open through March 13, 2023. Applicants are able to request between $20,000 and $125,000 with the Minnesota…
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Specialty Block Grants Awarded

Published September 2, 2022

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has awarded over $3 million in specialty crop block grants. Twenty-one projects are being funded. That list includes $323,000 for the National Agricultural Genotyping Center to increase the availability of genotyping in chickpea and…
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MN Awards Specialty Crop Block Grants

Published February 2, 2022

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has awarded nearly $2.9 million in specialty crop block grants to 24 recipients. Projects include $115,000 to determine how narrow row spacing can improve sustainability of fresh red and yellow potatoes. Another $150,000 will be…
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Specialty Crop Block Grants Awarded

Published January 28, 2022

North Dakota awarded more than $7 million in specialty crop block grants this past year. Projects range from efforts to find genetic markers linked to resistance in pigweeds to plans to provide access to specialty crops to North Dakota grade…
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