Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program

The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program aims to support projects that provide education, outreach, and technical assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers in the United States and its territories. The program's primary goal is to help these individuals enter and/or improve their successes in farming, ranching, and management of nonindustrial private forest lands. The program is open to collaborative state, tribal, local, or regionally based networks or partnerships of qualified public and/or private entities. Some key points to consider: • Applicants must meet all the requirements discussed in the NOFO. • Applications may only be submitted by a collaborative state, tribal, local, or regionally based network or partnership of qualified public and/or private entities. • Incorporating beginning and/or non-beginning farmers and ranchers as part of the collaborative group is strongly encouraged. • Applications submitted by individuals or by organizations that do not involve other entities in a network or partnership are not eligible for consideration.