[Federal Register: May 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 103)]
[Notices]               
[Page 29949-29955]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

 
Announcement of the Grants to Assist Small, Minority Producer 
Program Application Deadlines

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of applications.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service announces the 
availability of approximately $1.1 million competitive grant funds for 
fiscal year (FY) 2007 for cooperatives and association of cooperatives 
to assist small, minority agricultural producers. USDA Rural 
Development Cooperative Programs hereby requests proposals from 
eligible cooperatives and associations of cooperatives interested in a 
competitively awarded grant. The cooperatives and associations of 
cooperatives will use the grant money to fund technical assistance to 
small, minority agricultural producers in rural areas. The maximum 
award per grant is $175,000.