Recipient of federal assistance · LITTLE ROCK, AR

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ARKANSAS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ARKANSAS received $142.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 27 actions, +8,626% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $159M. Its largest awarding agency was Food and Nutrition Service ($141.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$142.3M
New awards
17
Actions
27
Since FY2021
$159M
UEI
ME1UM54138T7
Location
LITTLE ROCK, AR
State and local governments
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 2MFY2021
  2. 2.7MFY2022
  3. 6.7MFY2023
  4. 3.7MFY2024
  5. 1.6MFY2025
  6. 142.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$142.3M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 10.555 · National School Lunch Program$133.5M94%
  2. 10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition$4.2M2.9%
  3. 10.558 · Child and Adult Care Food Program$1.4M0.9%
  4. 10.582 · Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program$879.4K0.6%
  5. 10.568 · Emergency Food Assistance Program (Administrative COSTS)$785.2K0.6%
  6. 10.565 · Commodity Supplemental Food Program$724.2K0.5%
  7. 93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research$513K0.4%
  8. 10.475 · Cooperative Agreements with States for Intrastate Meat and Poultry Inspection$320K0.2%

Awarding agencies

  1. Food and Nutrition Service$141.4M99%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Food and Drug Administration$513K0.4%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Food Safety and Inspection Service$320K0.2%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Agricultural Marketing Service$58.5K0.0%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. CNP CN BLOCK PROG$111M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Jul 2, 2026 – Jul 2, 2026· 266AR304N1199
  2. CNP CN BLOCK PROGRAMS TOTAL CONSOLIDATED$22.5M
    10.555 · National School Lunch Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026· 266AR304N1099
  3. CNP MEAL REIMBURSEMENT$3.9M
    10.560 · State Administrative Expenses for Child Nutrition· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· 266AR323N2533
  4. PATH C THE FDA'S COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROGRAM FOR STATES AND TERRITORIES TO IMPLEMENT A NATIONAL PRODUCE SAFETY PROGRAM. - THE ARKANSAS…$2.7M
    93.103 · Food and Drug Administration Research· Food and Drug Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jun 28, 2021 – Jul 17, 2026· U2FFD007436
  5. TO CONTINUE THE ESTABLISHED CO-FUNDED POSITION TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED MONITORING OF EDGE OF FIELD WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS AT VARIOUS…$2.7M
    10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program· Natural Resources Conservation Service· Cooperative agreement· Sep 27, 2024 – Aug 10, 2026· NR247103XXXXC021
  6. CNP CIL CHILD AND ADULT CARE$1.1M
    10.558 · Child and Adult Care Food Program· Food and Nutrition Service· Formula grant· Jul 1, 2026 – Jul 6, 2026· 266AR304N2020

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $68.6K received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $2M received
  • FY2025: $1.6M paid out · $357.4K received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.