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Value-Added Producer Grants
(VAPG)
Welcome to the Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG) home page.

Grants may be used for planning activities and for working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products and for farm-based renewable energy. Eligible applicants are independent producers, farmer and rancher cooperatives, agricultural producer groups, and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures.

Applications are now being accepted for 2008. The deadline is March 31, 2008. For more details on application requirements, click on the Applicants link on the right side of this page and then click on the NOSA link. Additional tools are also provided under the Applicants link including a checklist and a template.

For more information about the program, contact your State Rural Development Office to obtain additional information and assistance. A contact person, address, phone number, and e-mail address for each State Office is posted on this website.