OpportunityTitle: Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(7), eligible applicants means :  (A) State agricultural experiment stations; (B) colleges and universities; (C) university research foundations; (D) other research institutions and organizations; (E) Federal agencies; (F) national laboratories; (G) private organizations or corporations; (H) individuals; or (I) any group consisting of 2 or more of the entities described in subparagraphs (A) through (H).
Description: The purpose of the Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program is to fund an entity or &#147;National Farm Management Center&#148; which will establish and maintain a national, publicly-available, farm financial management database to support improved farm management. This &#147;Center&#148; will: a)Coordinate standardized financial analysis methodologies for use by farmers, ranchers, other agricultural operators, and farm management associations; b)Provide the software tools necessary for farm management associations, farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural operators to perform the necessary financial analyses, including the benchmarking of individual enterprises; and c)Develop and maintain a national farm financial database to facilitate those financial analyses and benchmarking that is available online to farmers, ranchers, other agricultural operators, farm management associations, and the public.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: For questions regarding this RFA.
GrantorContactText: NIFA Help Desk  &lt;br/&gt;Phone: 202-401-5048  &lt;br/&gt;Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;