Farm Business Management and Benchmarking

The Farm Business Management and Benchmarking (FBMB) Competitive Grants Program provides funds for improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management. At a minimum, applicants should provide evidence that they: 1. Will expand or establish a farm management program that works directly with agricultural producers to contribute data to the national farm management and benchmarking database; 2. Address the farm management needs of a variety of crops and regions of the United States; 3. Establish and maintain collective partnerships with more than five (5) farm management education programs or associations that are representative of agricultural diversity in multiple regions of the United States