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Agricultural & Rural Youth Grant
The Agricultural Rural and Youth Grant Program is a competitive program that seeks projects to increase the knowledge and awareness of agricultural an...
Agricultural Lands Condemnation Approval Board
The board oversees the condemnation of farmlands enrolled in the Agricultural Security Area, or ASA, or other productive farmlands...
Agricultural Management Assistance
Agricultural Management Assistance (AMA) provides cost share assistance to agricultural producers to voluntarily address issues such as water manageme...
Agricultural Product Promotion Matching Grant Program
Agricultural Recruitment System
ARS helps agricultural employers recruit qualified workers on a temporary or seasonal basis, and they provide protection to the workers who are not se...
Agricultural Security Area
ASAs are a tool for strengthening and protecting our quality farmland from the urbanization of rural areas....
Agricultural Water Assistance Program
AWEP is a voluntary conservation initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to implement agricultural water...
Alternative and Clean Energy Program
The program provides financial assistance in the form of grant and loan funds that will be used by eligible applicants for the utilization, developmen...
Bioenergy Program for Advances Biofuels
The purpose of this section is to support and ensure an expanding production of Advanced Biofuels by providing payments to Eligible Advanced Biofuel P...
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) provides financial assistance to producers or entities that deliver eligible biomass material to designated bio...
Biorefinery Assistance Program
The purpose of the Program is to assist in the development of new and emerging technologies for the development of advanced biofuels...
Business Retention and Expansion Program
BREP was established in 1997 to forge better working relationships and stronger collaboration among various public, private, state and local economic ...
Buy Fresh Buy Local Program
The goal is to encourage the consumption of locally produced agricultural products by providing options and information to consumers...
Center for Farm Transitions
CFT mission is to provide information, referrals and consultations to Pennsylvania's farmers, developing comprehensive plans that will secure and main...
Century and Bicentennial Farm Program
The Department of Agriculture recognizes Pennsylvania families who have been farming the same land for 100 and 200 years through the Century and Bicen...
CHEMSWEEP Waste Pesticide Disposal Program
The CHEMSWEEP waste pesticide disposal program is designed to provide all citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a means to dispose of canc...
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative
CBWI uses available technical and financial assistance to address soil erosion, sedimentation, and excess nutrients in streams and waterways, as well ...
Clean and Green Program
The Bureau oversees administration of the Clean and Green program at the state level, providing for uniform interpretation of the law among the county...
Commercial Feed
Animal feeds, including pet foods are regulated through the inspection of Pennsylvania manufacturing and distribution (retail and wholesale) establish...
Commercial Manure Hauler and Broker Certification
The Commercial Manure Hauler and Broker Certification Program certifies persons that commercially haul, land-apply, or broker manure in Pennsylvania t...
Community and Business Development Program
The Community and Business Assistance Program provides grants for community and business assistance projects that, in the judgment of the Department o...
Conservation Innovation Grants
Conservation Innovation Grants fund new approaches and technologies that can help treat environmental resource concerns on privately owned land....
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
The program provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers and landowners to address soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resou...
Conservation Reserve Program
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary program for agricultural landowners. Through CRP, you can receive annual rental payments and cos...
Conservation Stewardship Program
CSP will provide financial and technical assistance to eligible producers to conserve and enhance soil, water, air, and related natural resources on t...
Conservation Technical Assistance
'The CTA program provides voluntary conservation technical assistance to land-users, communities, units of state and local government, and other Feder...
Consortium for Scientific Assistance of Watersheds
The C-SAW program provides organizational and technical assistance to watershed groups...
Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
The mission of the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey is to provide information on the distribution of plant pests in the United States deemed to be...
Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
CPPI is a voluntary conservation initiative that provides financial and technical assistance to owners and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial...
Crop Insurance - PA State Subsidy
The purpose of the Act is to encourage PA producers of agricultural commodities to purchase Federal crop insurance, adopt risk management practices an...
Crop Insurance Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has executed the cooperative agreement for the Targeted States Crop Insurance Education grant, under the Ag...
Customized Job Training Program
CJT Grants for specialized job training to existing or newly hired employees....
Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment Program
The DELAP Program provides a one-time payment to assist dairy producers who have recently experienced low milk prices and high production costs. DELAP...
Direct Farm Sales Grant Program
The program provides funds to Pennsylvania-based businesses that manage or operate a farm stand or farmer's market, non-profit organizations, farmers ...
Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Program
DGRMP is based on the principle that informed and empowered local control is the most effective way to stop pollution from dirt and gravel roads....
Easement Purchase Program
The program enables state, county and local governments to purchase conservation easements, sometimes called development rights, from owners of qualit...
Emergency Watershed Program
The EWP program is to undertake emergency measures, including the purchase of flood plain easements, for runoff retardation and soil erosion preventio...
Entomology Program
The Entomology Program is responsible for the detection, delimitation and regulation of invasive and potentially destructive or harmful insect species...
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
EQIP is a voluntary conservation program that helps farmers and owners of agricultural land, including forest landowners, reduce pollution and improve...
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
FRPP provides mathing funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses....
Farmers' Market Promotion Program
The grants, authorized by the FMPP, are targeted to help improve and expand domestic farmers markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture...
Feedstock Flexibility Program
Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers will encourage the domestic production of biofuels from surplus sugar....
First Industries Fund
The First Industries Fund is a loan, loan guarantee, and grant program aimed at strengthening Pennsylvania...
Good Agricultural/ Good Handling Practices Program
This program provides direct financial support through cost sharing of applicable certification fees to producers and processors who successfully comp...
Grass Roots Program
This project supports the conversion and/or significant improvement of at least 5,000 acres to prescribed grazing systems in South Central PA...
Grasslands Reserve Program
GRP assists landowners and operators in protecting grazing uses and related conservation values by conserving and restoring grassland resources on eli...
Health Forests Reserve Program
The Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) is a voluntary program to assist landowners in restoring, enhancing, and protecting forestland resources on...
Home Heating Equipment Rebates
Starting April 21, 2010, residents of Pennsylvania will be eligible to receive rebates for the purchase of qualifying high efficiency home heating equ...
Infrastructure and Facilities Improvement Program
A multi-year grant program that will provide grants to certain issuers of debt in order to assist with the payment of debt service...
Job Creation Tax Credits
A $1,000-per-job tax credit to create new jobs in the Commonwealth within three years...
Keystone Home Energy Loan Program
Homeowners can improve the energy efficiency of their homes with special financing and rebates for high efficiency heating, air conditioning, insulati...
Keystone Innovation Zone
Provide grant funds to community/university partnerships to generate job growth through tech transfer and entrepreneurship. Focused around campuses an...
Keystone Opportunity Zones
Provides state and local tax abatement to businesses and residents locating in one of the 12 designated zones....
Keystone Society for Tourism
The Pennsylvania Tourism Office is now seeking nominations for the Keystone Society for Tourism. The Keystone Society for Tourism was established to h...
Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund
Low-interest loans to acquire and install new or used machinery and equipment or to upgrade existing machinery and equipment...
Market Access Grant
Designed to enhance the capability of small and mid-sized Pennsylvania companies to increase export sales, the PA MAG is a valuable tool available to ...
MetEd Sustainable Energy Fund
The purpose of the fund is to promote the development and use of renewable energy and clean energy technologies, energy conservation and efficiency, s...
Milk Sanitation Program
Milk Sanitation Law and associated regulations govern the state's Milk Sanitation Program, and establishes mechanisms for inspections, certifications,...
Next Generation Farmer Loan Program
The Next Generation Farmer Loan Program uses federal tax-exempt mortgage financing to reduce a farmer...
Noxious, Invasive and Poisonous Plant Program
The program administers the Noxious Weed Control Law and Noxious Weed Control List and implements federal and state eradication and control programs w...
Nutrient Management Certification Program
Nutrient Management Certification requires certain agricultural operations to develop a nutrient management plan following nutrient management plannin...
Nutrient Management Program
The NMAB serves the SCC in an advisory capacity, providing recommendations and comments with regard to nutrient management regulations developed by th...
Odor Management Program
The Odor Managemnet Program placed the responsibility on the Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission to establish standards for developing and impl...
Opportunity Grant Program
Grant funds to create or preserve jobs within the Commonwealth...
Organic Cost Share Program
The program provides up to $750 or 75 percent of applicable certification costs to USDA certified organic producers and processors....
PA Prefered
Research has shown that 93 percent of Pennsylvanians want to buy and consume local products. The PA Preferred Program serves both producers and consum...
PA Sunshine Program
The Pennsylvania Sunshine program offers rebates to residential and small commercial residents that install photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal...
PaGrows
PAgrows, launched at the 2005 Pennsylvania Farm Show, created a toll-free number 1-888-724-7697 (1-888-PAg-rows) and website support program to help ...
Park the Plow for Profit
Through the Park the Plow program, Capital RC&D promotes no-till farming as a more profitable and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional ...
Path to Organic Transition
CFT provides an incentive for farmers to make the transition to certified organic production practices, and to evaluate organic production practices a...
Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund
The fund promotes the use of renewable energy, energy conservation and efficiency, and renewable energy business initiatives....
Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard Program
AEPS requires that an annually increasing percentage of electricity sold to retail customers in Pennsylvania is from alternative energy sources...
Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assurance Program
The program assures commitment of the producer to implementation of those management and monitoring practices most likely to prevent SE contamination....
Pennsylvania Pollution Prevention Assistance Program
Assistance for small businesses to implement pollution prevention and energy-efficiency projects, enabling these businesses to adopt or install equipm...
Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program
The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) helps Pennsylvania companies improve their competitiveness, by providing a limited amount of f...
Plant Pathology Program
Plant Pathology Program...
Regional Renewable Energy & Audit Assistance Program
This developing project will assist landowners and private sector partners in assessing the market for renewable energy feedstock production, processi...
Renewable Energy Program
The Renewable Energy Program provides financial assistance in the forms of grant and loan funds to promote the use of alternative energy in the Common...
Resource Enhancement and Protection
The Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) Program allows farmers and businesses to earn tax credits in exchange for 'Best Management Practices'...
Rural Energy for America Program/ Feasibility
The REAP/Feasibility Grant Program provides grants for energy audits and renewable energy development assistance....
Small Business First Program
Funding for small businesses, including: low-interest loan financing for land and building acquisition and construction; machinery and equipment purch...
Solar Energy Program
The Solar Energy Program provides financial assistance in the forms of grants and loan funds to promote the use of alternative energy in the Commonwea...
Specialty Crop Grant Program
The Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 authorized the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide grants to State Departments of agriculture...
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The goal of the project is to enhance and improve the marketing efforts of the region...
Sustainable Development Fund Financing
The fund provides retailers and service companies who want to finance equipment upgrades or electricity energy savings improvements to their plant/off...
Sustainable Energy Fund
Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) is a private non-profit organization that promotes energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy education initiatives ...
Taste the Gifts of our Region
The program helps preserve the heritage of South Central Pennsylvania, not only through conservation of land and water resources, but by working with ...
Tax Increment Financing
Promotes and stimulates the general economic welfare of various regions and communities in the Commonwealth and assists in the development, redevelopm...
Tourism Promotion Assistance Grant Program
The purpose of the Tourism Promotion Assistance Grant Program provides funding to supplement existing local destination marketing efforts by designate...
Tourist Product Development
The Five-Year Strategic Tourism Plan 2010 highlighted Pennsylvania...
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program
The program protects and restores watersheds from damage caused by erosion, floodwater, and sediment, to conserve and develop water and land resource...
Weed Control/ Wildlife Habitat Technical Assistance Project
Capital RC&D is working with agency staff and other conservation organizations to provide additional technical support to CREP landowners by providing...
Wetlands Reserve Program
WRP is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property....
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program
WHIP is a voluntary program for people who want to develop and improve wildlife habitat on private agricultural land and non-industrial private forest...