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Agricultural Marketing Assistance Organic Certification Cost Share Program

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Document Type:	Modification to Previous  Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	AMS-NOP-12-0057
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Nov 23, 2012
Creation Date:	Jan 28, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 15, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Feb 15, 2013
Archive Date:	Mar 17, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Agriculture
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	16
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:	$1,425,000
Award Floor:	$0
CFDA Number(s):	10.171  --  Organic Certification Cost Share Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

State governments
 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Agricultural Marketing Service

Description

This Notice invites the following eligible States: Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming, to submit an Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424), and to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for the allocation of organic certification cost-share funds. The AMS has allocated $1.425 million for this organic certification cost-share program. Funds are available to 16 designated States to provide cost-share assistance to organic crop and livestock producers certified under the USDA Organic Standards (7 CFR 205) that either receive organic certification or incur expenses for continued certification during the period of October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. Eligible States interested in obtaining cost-share funds for their organic producers must submit an Application for Federal Assistance via http://www.grants.gov and enter into a cooperative agreement with AMS for the allocation of funds.

Link to Additional Information

Regulations.gov contains the Federal Register Notice for this opportunity, AMS-NOP-12-0057.

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Patricia Atkins
Program Analyst
(202)720-3252 Patricia Atkins

Synopsis Modification History

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File Name	Date
Original Synopsis	Nov 15, 2012