Fellows work and study with federal staff in Washington, DC for three months during the summer.
Note that a letter of concurrence and support from the applicant's Director, Administrator, or President is required. The program is designed to encourage independent producers of agricultural commodities to process their raw products into marketable goods, thereby increasing farm income. Institutions of higher learning and nonprofit corporations are eligible to apply to establish the Center, which will collect and make available information on value-added processing to independent producers and processors and also develop a strategy to establish a nationwide market information and coordination system. Center grant applications must be received by 4 p.m. Eastern Time, April 30. The Department of Agriculture announced the purchase of hybrid corn seed containing the protein Cry9C from small corn seed companies.