The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), operating through the Risk Management Agency (RMA), announces its intent to award up to $2 million to fund the Risk Management Education Partnership Program.
Donor Name: Risk Management Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The goal of this program is to help producers improve their use of financial management, farm financial benchmarking, crop insurance, marketing contracts, and other risk management tools. This educational goal is supported by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, which authorizes FCIC funding for risk management training and informational efforts for agricultural producers through partnerships with public and private organizations. Cooperative Agreements are awarded with the goal of funding crop insurance and risk management projects that are likely to become self-sustaining, without indefinite reliance on FCIC funds. Priority is given to projects reaching producers of Priority Commodities.
For purposes of this program, Priority Commodities are defined as:
- Agricultural commodities covered by (7 U.S.C. 7333). Commodities in this group are commercial crops that are not covered by catastrophic risk protection crop insurance, are used for food or fiber (except livestock), and specifically include, but are not limited to, floricultural, ornamental nursery, Christmas trees, turf grass sod, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), sea grass and sea oats, camelina, sweet sorghum, biomass sorghum, and industrial crops.
- Specialty crops. Commodities in this group may or may not be covered under a federal crop insurance plan and include, but are not limited to, fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, syrups, honey, roots, herbs, and highly specialized varieties of traditional crops.
- Underserved commodities. This group includes: (a) commodities, including livestock and forage, that are covered by a federal crop insurance plan but for which participation in an area is below the national average; and (b) commodities, including livestock and forage, with inadequate crop insurance coverage.
Priorities
FCIC through RMA is seeking projects that address one or more of the five (5) areas of risk described as Production, Legal, Financial, Marketing or Human Risk.
- Top Priorities include:
- Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and Micro-Farm Training
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Hurricane Insurance Protection – Wind Index Endorsement (HIP-WI) Tropical Storm Endorsement
- Organic and Specialty Crops
- Fire Insurance Protection – Smoke Index (FIP-SI) Endorsement
- Local Foods and Urban Agriculture
- Opportunity for Historically Underserved Producers
- Other Agency Priorities:
- All Livestock Products
- Crop Insurance 101
- Biofuels and SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel)
- Controlled Environment (CE)
- Rainfall Index Insurance: Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (PRF)/Annual Forage/Apiculture
- Record Keeping: Individual farm production and financials.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $250,000
- Award Floor: $5,000.
Grant Period
18 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- County governments
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Independent school districts
- Small businesses.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
