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Organic certification cost-share (OCCSP) — open now

If you're certified organic, USDA reimburses 75% of your certification costs — up to $750 per scope — and it's open right now through the end of 2026. Not competitive: eligible costs get paid while funds last.

What you get back
75% of your organic certification costs reimbursed, up to $750 per certification scope (crops, livestock, wild crops, handling, and state organic program fees)
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Deadline
December 31, 2026 — covering both the 2025 and 2026 program years
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How it works
Not competitive — apply at your local FSA county office with your organic certificate and expense records; eligible costs are reimbursed while funds last
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This is the cleanest money on this whole site: if you’re a certified organic operation, USDA pays back 75% of what certification cost you, up to $750 per scope — and it’s open right now, with a comfortable December 31, 2026 deadline. There’s no competition and no proposal. If your costs are eligible, you get reimbursed until the funds run out.

Who it’s for

Certified organic producers and handlers. A “scope” is a category of certification — crops, wild crops, livestock, processing/handling, or your state organic program fee — and each scope can draw up to $750. You can claim for both the 2025 and 2026 program years before the deadline.

How to claim it

  1. Get certified (or renew) and keep your organic certificate and expense documentation.
  2. Apply at your local FSA county office, or a participating state agency.
  3. Submit your certificate and cost records — FSA reimburses eligible costs.

If you don’t have an FSA farm number yet, that’s step zero for this and almost everything else on this site — it’s free and there’s no minimum acreage. See the grant-prep checklist.

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