The National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Board of Directors is accepting grant proposals designed to help improve the American sheep industry.
At the request of the American Sheep Industry Association, the Center was established as part of the 2008 Farm Bill.
As part of the 2019 Farm Bill, the Center was awarded funding by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service to be used for the Sheep Production and Marketing Grant Program.
Grant funding can be used on activities designed to strengthen and enhance the production and marketing of sheep and sheep products in the United States.
Financial assistance provided by the Center must be used to accomplish one or more of several specific objectives, including strengthening and improving the long-term sustainability of the lamb and wool industry’s infrastructure by increasing the numbers in production.
The average grant in the last four years has been approximately $30,000.
For more information, go to nsiic.org.
