The Equipment-Only Grant is designed to expand the middle of the food supply chain capacity for locally and regionally produced foods.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 07/21/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
They must also offer more and better market opportunities to small and mid-sized agricultural producers. This program prioritizes increased access for those who may not have access to value-added opportunities/processing infrastructure to meet market demand for premium or value-added products.
Funding Information
Awards can range from $10,000 up to $99,999. This is a reimbursement grant.
Eligible Expenses
Equipment-Only awards will fund equipment items in the following four categories, to be used for eligible, middle of the food supply chain activities. All awarded equipment items must be purchased on or before 12/31/2025.
- Food processing equipment that does not require ground disturbance to install.
- Cold storage that does not require ground disturbance to install.
- Forklifts and skid steers.
- Special-purpose delivery vehicles.
Eligibility Criteria
Entities eligible for Equipment-Only Grants are:
- For-profit entities operating middle-of-the-supply-chain activities such as processing, aggregation, or distribution of eligible agricultural products, whose activities are primarily focused for the benefit of local and regional producers.
- Nonprofit organizations operating middle-of-the-supply-chain activities such as processing, aggregation, or distribution of eligible agricultural products, whose activities are primarily focused for the benefit of local and regional producers.
- Agricultural producers or processors, or groups/cooperatives of agricultural producers and processors, with projects that focus on middle-of-the-supply-chain activities such as processing, aggregation, or distribution of targeted agricultural products.
- Local government entities operating middle-of-the-supply-chain activities such as processing, aggregation, or distribution of eligible agricultural products.
- Tribal governments operating middle-of-the-supply-chain activities such as processing, aggregation, or distribution of eligible agricultural products.
- Institutions such as schools, universities, or hospitals bringing producers together to establish cooperative or shared infrastructure or invest in equipment that will benefit multiple producers middle-of-the-supply-chain activities such as processing, aggregation, or distribution of eligible agricultural product.
For more information, visit DATCP.
