Aquaculture Grant Program Available to Offset High Feed Costs
AUGUSTAâ€"Maine will be receiving $87,241 from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of a $20 million program to provide economic assistance for aquaculture producers who experienced high feed input costs during the 2009 calendar year.
(Media-Newswire.com) - AUGUSTA—Maine will be receiving $87,241 from the US Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) as part of a $20 million program to provide economic assistance for aquaculture producers who experienced high feed input costs during the 2009 calendar year. A block grant from the USDA’s Farm Service Agency will be given to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the state agency that will be administering the program.
Similar to the 2008 program, eligible aquaculture producers must have 2009 feed costs that represented at least 25 percent of the producer’s total input costs and must have also experienced at least a 25-percent increase of feed costs above the State’s five-year average costs ( 2003–2007 ). The required documentation includes: 2009 payment eligibility and payment limitation information from the Farm Service Agency; a letter from the feed mill that certifies, at a minimum, the producer’s total feed deliveries in calendar year 2009 and the producer’s 2009 average feed price; and a completed State of Maine 2009 Aquaculture Grant Program Agreement.
DEADLINE date for required paperwork: September 1, 2011.
To learn more about the program, please contact: • Caldwell Jackson, Maine Department of Agriculture, 207-287-3419
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