| Application Open | Program Name | Grant Description | Eligible Applicants |
| January 1st – March 5th, 2025 | Farm Infrastructure Improvement Grant | Grants to permitted dairy farm businesses located in the Southeast for farm facility updates. | Dairy Producers |
| January 1st – March 5th, 2025 | Precision Technology and Management Grant | Grants to support diversification and modernization of permitted dairy producers and processors through use of precision technology. | Dairy Producers |
| July 23rd – September 24th, 2025 | Dairy Business Planning Grant | Grants to permitted dairy farm businesses located in the Southeast for the help of experts to plan for the future. | Dairy Producers / Dairy Processors |
| July 23rd – September 24th, 2025 | Specialty Processing Equipment Grant | Grants to assist dairy processors reduce risk and develop higher value uses for the milk supply in the Southeast. | Dairy Processors |
For all grants, dairy business must be permitted and reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, or Puerto Rico. For more information on specific grants, please visit the grant page or contact your State Program Contact, listed below.
Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, & Louisiana
Shep Stearns, Ansley Roper & Liz Eckelkamp: sdbiigrants@utk.edu
Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, & West Virginia
Jennifer Hickerson: j.hickersonkddc@gmail.com
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, & Mississippi
Brittany Whitmire & Stephanie Ward: ncdairyextension@ncsu.edu