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The Tobacco Trust Fund Commission is pleased to announce that grant applications are now being accepted for the 2008 grant cycle. Please note that completed applications (one original plus four copies) are to be postmarked no later than Friday, August 1, 2008. The Commission expects to announce its awards by the end of October.

The Tobacco Trust Fund Commission was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2000 to assist tobacco growers, former allotment holders, individuals displaced from tobacco-related employment, and persons engaged in tobacco-related businesses with economic losses resulting from the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the Attorneys General and the major cigarette manufacturers.

The November 15 due date is approaching for two SOUTHERN REGION SARE calls for proposals: 2007 Southern Region SARE Producer Grants and 2007 Southern Region SARE On-Farm Research Grants. Proposals will be accepted only through the Southern SARE Online Proposal Submission web site. All the rules and full information on how to submit proposals can be found in the call for proposals at http://www.southernsare.org

Southern SARE PRODUCER GRANTS are only open to farmers and/or ranchers or producer organizations. Any farmer/rancher or producer organization in the US SOUTHERN REGION is eligible to apply for the grants which have maximums of $10,000 for individual producers and $15,000 for producer organizations to be used within two years.

The following is the announcement (straight from the Federal Register)
of the 2006 USDA Value-Added Producer Grant.
Federal Register: December 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 244)
[Notices]
[Page 75780-75790]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Announcement of Value-Added Producer Grant Application Deadlines

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of applications.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of approximately $19.475 million in competitive grant funds for fiscal year (FY) 2006 to help independent agricultural producers enter into value-added activities. Of this amount, $1.5 million is set aside for applicants requesting $25,000 or less. Awards may be made for planning activities or for working capital expenses, but not for both. The maximum grant amount for a planning grant is $100,000 and the maximum grant amount for a working capital grant is $300,000.