USDA opens applications for grants to help rural businesses

WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it is accepting applications for grants to establish and operate Agriculture Innovation Centers.
USDA is making $7.4 million available under the Agriculture Innovation Center Program. Agriculture Innovation Centers may use the grants to provide technical assistance to help agricultural producers develop and market value-added agricultural products using a variety of options, except joint marketing efforts. The centers may provide the following types of assistance:
• Financial advisory services to develop, expand or operate a business owned by an agricultural producer.
• Process development services, such as engineering, production system scale ups, scale production assessments and systems development.

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