Agriculture

Turn Crops Into Higher Margins: USDA Value-Added Producer Grant 2025 Guide (Up to $500,000)

You can grow the best tomatoes in three counties and still feel like you’re running on a treadmill: inputs up, prices weird, and the middle of the supply chain somehow getting paid first, last, and always.

Amount: Up to USD $500,000 for working capital or USD $250,000 for planning projects Deadline: Apr 29, 2025 Location: United States

USDA Farm Operating Loan 2025: $400k for Your Farm

A direct USDA Farm Service Agency loan for operating costs, livestock, equipment, repairs, and other essential farm expenses.

Type: Loan Amount: Up to $400,000 Deadline: Rolling Location: United States

USDA FSA Microloan: $50k to Start Your Farm

Access up to $50,000 in low-interest financing with streamlined paperwork to start or expand your farm, buy equipment, or build a hoop house.

Type: Loan Amount: Up to $50,000 per loan type Deadline: Rolling Location: United States

USDA REAP Clean Energy Grants and Loans 2025: How Rural Businesses Can Secure Up to 1 Million Dollars

If you run a farm or a rural small business and your utility bills make you wince every month, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is not a nice-to-have. It is the program.

Amount: Grants up to $1 million, loan guarantees up to $25 million Deadline: Quarterly windows through 2025 Location: United States

USDA Youth Loans 2025: Get Up to $5,000 to Start Your Ag Business

Financing up to $5,000 for youth ages 10–20 to start or expand agricultural projects with guidance from advisors.

Type: Loan Amount: Up to $5,000 per eligible youth project Deadline: Rolling Location: United States