NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF STATE FUNDS NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets 10B Airline Drive Albany, New York 12235 NEW YORK STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS Climate Resilient Farming Program – Round 9 Pursuant to the NYS Environmental Protection Fund State budget (09CR18ER), applications will be accepted through November 17, 2025, for financial assistance in the form of matching grants to fund climate change mitigation and adaptation projects that implement Agricultural Best Management Practice Systems on New York State farms. Applications must be for one of the following: Livestock Management: Alternative Waste Management and Precision Feed Management (Track 1); Adaptation and Resiliency (Track 2); Healthy Soils NY – systems and BMPs that support soil health and agroforestry (Track 3); Agricultural Forest Management (Track 4). Funds are available for projects that mitigate the impact of agriculture on climate change and enhance the on-farm adaptation and resiliency to projected climate conditions. Eligible applicants are County Soil and Water Conservation Districts who will be referred to as “Project Sponsors.” Applications may be on behalf of one farm or multiple farms. Project sponsors may submit an unlimited number of applications. Applications must be for one of the following tracks: Livestock Management: Alternative Waste Management and Precision Feed Management (Track 1); Adaptation and Resiliency (Track 2); Healthy Soils NY (Track 3); Agricultural Forest Management (Track 4). Applications will be ranked within those tracks, generating four ranked lists for program approval. Proposals may be for up to an 80% grant from New York State. The most successful proposals will have strong merits in (1) mitigating agriculture’s impact on climate change through reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing carbon sequestration and storage, (2) assisting farms in adapting to the effects of climate change as they are currently being felt statewide, as well as based on climate projections for New York State, (3) clearly addressing the need/opportunity, and are proposed with adequate scope of work , and (4) demonstrating local support and being cost effective. Availability of funding for this program is from State Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 Budgets, which includes an appropriation for this purpose. For an application: contact Jennifer Clifford at
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+1 (555) 000-0000 or visit the Department’s website at https://agriculture.ny.gov/funding-opportunities This notice was prepared and submitted by: Jennifer Clifford NYS Soil and Water Conservation Committee NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets 10B Airline Drive Albany, New York 12235 Timetable of Key Events: EVENT DATEApplication Period Begins September 2025 Questions and Answers Period Ends October 17, 2025 Application Deadline November 17, 2025 Awards Announced March 2026 Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Set Aside: No Minority Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Women Owned Sub-Contracting Goal: 0% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Contracting Goal: 0% Due date:11/17/2025 5:00 PM Applications must be submitted through SharePoint by 5:00pm on 11/17/2025 Contract term: Four Years County(ies): All NYS counties Business entities awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: Primary contact: Agriculture & Markets, NYS Dept. of Contracts & Purchasing Jennifer Clifford Assoc Envirnl Anlst A 10B Airline DriveAlbany, NY 12235United States Ph:
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