Increasing Land, Capital, and

Market Access Program 

American Rescue Plan Act 

Overview 

Section 1006 of the Inflation Reduction

Act, as amended by Section 22007

of the American Rescue Plan Act

includes provisions for USDA to

ensure underserved producers have

resources, tools, programs, and technical

support they need to succeed. As part

of Section 1006, as amended, USDA

launched the Increasing Land, Capital,

and Market Access (Increasing Land

Access) Program to fund cooperative

agreements or grants for projects that

help move underserved producers from

surviving to thriving. The program is

administered by USDA’s Farm Service

Agency and will help underserved

producers by increasing land, capital,

and market access.

Land access is critical to the success of

agriculture. Underserved producers have

not received the amount of specialized

technical support that would benefit

the launch, growth, resilience, and

success of their agricultural enterprises.

The Increasing Land Access Program

is intended to address this problem by

increasing access to farm ownership

opportunities, increasing access and

improving results for those with heirs’

property or fractionated land, increasing

access to markets and capital that affect

the ability to access land, and increasing

land ownership, land succession, and

agricultural business planning.

Who is Eligible? 

Funding is available to various

government entities from local to Tribal,

not-for-profit educational institutions,

and non-profit organizations.

The non-profit organizations can

include Community Development

Financial Institutions (CDFIs),

foundations, and Tribal financial

institutions with a 501c3 status.

Individuals, non-domestic entities,

and private, for-profit organizations

are not eligible to apply to this

funding opportunity.

What projects are being 

considered? 

Projects must focus on strengthening

land access with at least one of the

following related areas of concern:

• Capital access concerns that

affect the ability to access land.

• Market access concerns that

affect the ability to access land.

• A combination of one or more

of land, capital, and market

access concerns.

Projects should benefit underserved

farmers, ranchers, and forest

landowners, including veterans,

limited resource producers, beginning

farmers and ranchers and farmers,

ranchers, and forest landowners

living in high poverty areas. Priority

points will be awarded to projects

that focus on increasing land access,

mitigating and preventing land loss,

providing specialized project design

and focus to address the challenges

with land access, innovative ways to

connect available land to underserved

producers who have challenges in

accessing land, or restore lands into

the hands underserved producers.

How to Apply 

The agreements will be for up

to five years and may be local,

state, regional, or national

in scope. Due to the unique

nature of land access among

Tribal communities, Tribal

projects may be in all scopes.

Eligible applicants can apply

through grants.gov.

Eligible entities must submit

their applications by 11:59

p.m. eastern time on October

28, 2022. USDA anticipates

making selections by late fall

2022 and awarding funds by

January 2023.

Learn More 

USDA has a historic

commitment to ensure

equity across all of its policies

and activities. To this end,

USDA seeks to improve

access to programs and

services for all stakeholders

and rural communities,

especially underserved

farmers, ranchers and forest

landowners and operators.

More information is available

at: www.usda.gov/equity.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. fsa.usda.gov