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Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives

Program Information

Popular name

DBI Initiatives

Program Number

10.176

Program objective

The Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives connects the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) with eligible entities to host DBI Initiatives to manage the program by supporting dairy businesses in the development, production, marketing, and distribution of dairy products. These initiatives specifically focus on: (1) Diversifying dairy product markets to reduce risk and develop higher-value uses for dairy products; (2) Promoting business development that diversifies farmer income through processing and marketing innovation; and (3) Encouraging the use of regional milk production.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2022

    Please see https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/dbi/awards

  2. 2024

    The four DBI initiatives have provided 600 subawards totaling over $64 million across 40 states. AMS works with the initiative to gather grant program performance report data as well as subaward data, including, accomplishments, impacts, and success stories. Recently, AMS conducted listening sessions with the initiatives to standardize the collection of data that aligns with what the initiatives are collecting from their subawards. For a list of award description please go to https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants/dbi/awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

An RFA is announced each fiscal year via www.grants.gov. Additional information about this program is available at www.ams.usda.gov/grants.