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USDA Community Connect Grant Program FY 2026: Rural Broadband Grants for Unserved Communities
The USDA Rural Utilities Service Community Connect Grant Program FY 2026 funded broadband deployment to rural, economically challenged communities where broadband service did not exist, with a required 100 Mbps download/20 Mbps upload offer to all premises in the proposed service area.
USDA Community Facilities Loan & Grant: Funding for Rural Infrastructure
Low-interest loans and grants that help rural communities build and improve essential facilities such as clinics, public safety buildings, and childcare centers.
USDA FSA Direct Farm Operating Loan: Up to $400,000
A direct USDA Farm Service Agency loan for eligible farm and ranch operating costs, livestock, equipment, supplies, family living expenses, and selected improvements or debt refinancing.
USDA FSA Microloan: $50k to Start Your Farm
Access up to $50,000 in direct Farm Service Agency financing for operating costs or eligible ownership needs on a small, beginning, niche, or non-traditional farm operation.
USDA FSA Youth Loans: Up to $10,000 for Agricultural Projects
Loans of up to $10,000 for eligible young people participating in approved agricultural youth organizations and completing supervised, income-producing agricultural projects.
USDA NIFA KMB-32361: Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program (Historical Reference)
Historical reference for the closed FY 2026 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Smith-Lever Special Needs Competitive Grants Program, which funded applied Cooperative Extension education for disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.
USDA NIFA Open Data Framework (ODF) FY 2026
The FY 2026 Open Data Framework (ODF) NOFO offered one anticipated research award to build a neutral, secure agricultural data repository and cooperative that could help producers, universities, nonprofit entities, and other agricultural participants share data for innovation, productivity, markets, invasive-species response, soil health, and food quality.
USDA NRCS CIG On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials FY2026
Closed FY2026 Natural Resources Conservation Service competition for projects that help producers adopt and evaluate innovative conservation approaches, with $50 million expected federal funding, 20–30 expected awards, and awards from $250,000 to $5,000,000.
USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Classic Program FY2026 (Historical Reference)
Historical reference for the USDA NRCS FY2026 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) Classic Program, a national competition for field-tested conservation innovations that can be transferred to agricultural producers. The FY2026 application window closed on July 27, 2026; NRCS has not announced a FY2027 CIG Classic round in the official sources checked for this refresh.
USDA NRCS Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP), FY 2026 — Historical Reference
Historical reference for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service FY 2026 competitive grant that supported state and federally recognized tribal programs expanding voluntary public access to private farm, ranch, and forest land for wildlife-dependent recreation.