The Young Farmer Grant (YFG) program is administered by TDA under the direction of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority (TAFA). The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance in the form of dollar-for-dollar matching grant funds to those persons 18 years or older, but younger than 46 years of age, who are engaged or will be engaged in creating or expanding an agricultural business in Texas.
Donor Name: Texas Department of Agriculture
State: Texas
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/27/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 to $20,000
Details:
Pursuant to the Texas Agriculture Code, Section 58.091, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) administers the Young Farmer Grant program (YFGP). The YFGP is administered by TDA under the direction of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority (TAFA). The program is offered twice a year (fall and spring).
TAFA’s Young Farmer Grant Program aims to:
- Grow and support Texas agriculture
- Help meet a financial need that is otherwise not met
- Help grow an operation that also impacts the community
- TAFA funds will not be used to support hobby farming. A hobby farm is a small-scale farm that is primarily for pleasure instead of being a business venture.
Funding Information
- Grant awards range from $5,000 to $20,000.
Who can apply?
- Grant applications will be accepted from any individual person 18 years or older, but younger than 46 years of age as of the application deadline, who is engaged or will be engaged in creating or expanding agriculture in Texas.
- Applications that merely propose to sustain an existing agricultural business are not eligible for an award under this program.
- Corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships or other types of foreign or domestic entities are not eligible for awards under this program. TDA will immediately disqualify any application filed on behalf of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other types of foreign or domestic entity.
- The applicant must be able to make dollar-for-dollar matching expenditures to sustain, create or expand the proposed project.
- Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen and applicants must reside and operate in Texas.
- Grant funds will not be awarded to multiple family members applying for funding for the same project.
- To be eligible for a grant, Applicant must have a substantial interest in the agricultural business or operation identified in the application for which the project will impact.
- Each individual grant applicant must clearly describe a distinct project and demonstrate how the individual grant applicant will independently benefit from the grant.
- An applicant that has a family, employment or business relationship with an executive, officer or employee of TDA, or a member of the TAFA Board of Directors, is not eligible for a grant and may not participate in the YFG program. A family relationship is defined as a relationship within the third degree of consanguinity or second degree of affinity as outlined in Chapter 573 of the Texas Government Code.
For more information, visit Young Farmer Grant Program.
