Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program

Post Date

April 30th 2010

Application Due Date

June 15th 2010

Funding Opportunity Number

USDA-NIFA-FBMB-003180

CFDA Number(s)

10.319

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Agriculture
Business and Commerce

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(7), eligible applicants means : (A) State agricultural experiment stations; (B) colleges and universities; (C) university research foundations; (D) other research institutions and organizations; (E) Federal agencies; (F) national laboratories; (G) private organizations or corporations; (H) individuals; or (I) any group consisting of 2 or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1400000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $1400000

Grant Description

The purpose of the Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program is to fund an entity or “National Farm Management Center” which will establish and maintain a national, publicly-available, farm financial management database to support improved farm management. This “Center” will: a)Coordinate standardized financial analysis methodologies for use by farmers, ranchers, other agricultural operators, and farm management associations; b)Provide the software tools necessary for farm management associations, farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural operators to perform the necessary financial analyses, including the benchmarking of individual enterprises; and c)Develop and maintain a national farm financial database to facilitate those financial analyses and benchmarking that is available online to farmers, ranchers, other agricultural operators, farm management associations, and the public.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Agriculture

• Office:

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

• Agency Contact:

  NIFA Help Desk
  Phone: 202-401-5048
  Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays
  
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  For questions regarding this RFA.

• Agency Email Address:

  electronic@nifa.usda.gov

• More Information:

  Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competive Grants Program RFA