The Frederick County Government is seeking applications for its Agriculture Innovation Grant.
Donor Name: Frederick County Government
State: Maryland
County: Frederick County (MD)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The intention of the Agricultural Innovation Grant is to improve economic viability of the agriculture industry by encouraging Frederick County’s agricultural producers to expand or diversify their business operations. Eligible applicants must be a crop or livestock producer, value added producer, agricultural cooperative, seafood processor, or primary or secondary timber products processor. Applicants can receive grants for research and development, production buildings, major fixtures and processing facilities.
Funding Information
Minimum grants of $5,000 will be available.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses are capital assets that will help farmers diversify their operations and can include:
- research and development,
- production buildings,
- major fixtures, and
- processing facilities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be currently operating in Frederick County for at least one year
- Must have recorded at least $2,500 in annual (not cumulative) sales OR include an outline of your investment in the operation and its impact on future sales in your business plan.
- Must provide documented evidence for the current cycle, showing outreach to Planning & Zoning discussing the requirements of your proposed project,
- Must fall into one of the below categories:
- crop or livestock producer,
- value-added producer as defined by Maryland law below-
- The term “value-added agriculture” is defined by law as “the alteration or enhancement of a raw agricultural product, including livestock, or an agricultural service in a way that increases the product or service’s worth to a consumer and brings more revenue to a farmer, producer, or processor. This includes all enterprises, including those providing equine activities, in which an agricultural business or the agricultural business’s products or services are altered, marketed, produced, or processed in a way that adds income to a farmer, producer, or processor.
- agricultural cooperative,
- seafood processor, or
- primary or secondary timber products processor.
For more information, visit Frederick County.
