More Than $80 Million To Help Strengthen U.S. Specialty Crops

Funded projects include investing food safety, specialty crop research, developing new and improved seed varieties, and more.

Money will seed innovative projects designed to support the expanding sector and explore new market opportunities for food and ag products.

Learn more about the latest investments from USDA and the two programs in which the dollars will be distributed.

A second specialty crops grant gives researchers in Texas more opportunities to flesh out production potential of the fruiting vegetable.

More than 690 specialty crop production projects funded to strengthen the future American agriculture.

Agricultural Marketing Service funds will be allocated to states for research, increasing opportunities, protecting pollinators, organics, and new and beginning farmers.

Funds to bolster local and regional farmers’ markets.

Researchers partnering with FDACS and USDA on 24 separate projects to strengthen the produce market sector.

USDA announces the availability of the funds to state departments of agriculture for projects that help support specialty crop growers through research programs.