Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA FSA PECD AMA 2017
The Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) Organic Certification Cost Share Program is a USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) grant opportunity designed to help cover a portion of the costs that certified organic producers pay to become or remain organically certified. The program is authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) and is administered in line with relevant provisions of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and the federal grant rules in 2 CFR 200. The core purpose is straightforward: reduce the financial burden of organic certification by reimbursing eligible certification-related expenses, helping organic producers maintain access to organic markets and comply with certification requirements.
This particular opportunity is limited geographically to certified organic producers located in sixteen states: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming. While the ultimate beneficiaries are organic producers, the eligible applicants for the federal grant are state governments (typically state departments of agriculture). In other words, USDA FSA does not generally pay producers directly through this funding announcement; instead, USDA awards funds to participating state agencies, and those state agencies run a pass-through reimbursement process for producers within their state.
The funding is structured as a discretionary grant with an expected total FY 2017 program amount of about $931,000. USDA anticipated making awards across the sixteen eligible states (expected awards: 16), and the listed award ceiling per grant was up to $500,000. States apply to FSA under the FY 2017 Request for Applications, which lays out how state agencies must demonstrate eligibility and meet performance and administrative requirements in order to receive funds and manage producer reimbursements properly.
For producers, the practical takeaway is that reimbursement is tied to specific organic certification costs incurred within a defined time window. Under the FY 2017 cycle described, certified organic producers could request reimbursement for eligible certification expenses incurred from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. Producers seeking assistance are directed to contact their respective State Department of Agriculture, since that state agency is the entity that accepts requests, verifies documentation, approves eligible expenses, and issues reimbursements using the federal funds it receives.
Key administrative details from the opportunity record include the funding opportunity number (USDA FSA PECD AMA 2017), CFDA number 10.171, and the application timeline for states (created January 3, 2017, with an original closing date of February 17, 2017). Additional program guidance and general information about organic certification cost share is provided through USDA at https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/occsp/.Apply for USDA FSA PECD AMA 2017
- The Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Agricultural Management Assistance Cost Share Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.171.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 03, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 17, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 16 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments.
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