The Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) is announcing the opening of the FY2026 funding cycle for its Growth Through Agriculture (GTA) Program.
Donor Name: Montana Department of Agriculture
State: Montana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/10/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The goal of the grant is to strengthen and diversify Montana’s agricultural industry.
The legislative purpose of the program is to strengthen and diversify Montana’s agricultural industry through loans and grants to assist the development of innovative agricultural business organizational improvements and the commercialization and marketing of new agricultural products in order to keep pace with a transforming agricultural industry and to create new jobs and expand small business opportunities.
Funding Information
Grants up to $50,000.
Eligible Costs
Eligible costs under the GTA program include, but are not limited to:
- Equipment
- Consultant Services (professional, technical, operational)
- Travel
- Advertising and Promotion
- Supplies and Materials
- Communication (telephone, postage, printing, etc.)
- Data Processing.
Eligibility Criteria
- Projects should primarily add value to Montana’s agricultural products, have prospects for achieving commercial success given the current personnel, experience and resources of the applicant and have the possibility to create and/or retain jobs in Montana. In addition, projects should either benefit additional agricultural producers and/or companies, and/or projects should accomplish research that will benefit Montana’s agriculture industry as a whole.
- An applicant that receives any two GTA grants within a two-year period will have a one-year cooling off period before applying again, starting in the current calendar year.
For more information, visit Montana Department of Agriculture.
