Questions received for the Developing Markets for Continuous Living Cover Crops Grant RFP are posted below. Questions are accepting until 4:30 pm Central Time Monday July 1, 2024.
Current access to roller crimpers is limited and greater access may improve or expand the use of rye cover crops, but this is a competitive grant and priority will be given to those applicants that address a direct market limitation. The use of a roller crimper to terminate rye is a soil health practice. The purchase of a roller crimper is eligible for the MDA’s better suited under our Soil Health Financial Assistance Program Grants or the Ag BMP Loan Program.
No, the crops are not required to be for consumption nor support food production. They must however meet the goal of continuous living cover and the project should address a direct market limitation. Funds are to be used to develop enterprises, supply chains, and markets for continuous-living cover crops and cropping systems in the early stages of commercial development. This can include equipment infrastructure and business and market development.
