Value-added ag producer grant deadline nears

For those of you who have been waiting for the USDA to announce the application window for their Value-Added Agricultural Producer Grant Program, the time is drawing near. USDA reps at the workshop in Ephrata last week recommended getting started using the interim rules available now (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-3036.pdf), as they anticipate final rules and the Notice of Funds Available (NOFA) to be announced any day now. Once the NOFA comes out you will have only a 60-day window in which to apply. The focus of this grant is to help agricultural producers enter into value-added...