Wisconsin Ag Producers May Have Another Grant Opportunity

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 -- 8:00 AM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) Wisconsin agriculture producers may soon be able to sign-up for another grant program that would share federal funds from the American Rescue Plan with struggling farmers in the Badger State.

According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, Gov. Tony Evers told state agriculture reporters on Monday that he's talking with Wisconsin commodity groups and farm organizations about offering a new grant sign-up similar to the Wisconsin Farm Support Program, which disbursed over $50 million to 18,000 applicants last summer.

The governor said he doesn't expect the criteria of the next round of grants to be much different than the 2020 program. That's when farmers were given checks and direct deposits of $3,500 after the first sign-up period.

When the deadline passed without using all of the available funding, a second round was offered with looser income restrictions. No other details on a potential 2021 program have been finalized yet.

Wisconsin has received $5.7 billion this year from the federal ARP compared to $2 billion from the CARES Act of 2020.

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