Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that 11 Iowa dairy farms and businesses have been awarded Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grants. The announcement was made during a Dairy Month visit to Gav-n-view Farm near Lansing, one of this year’s grant recipients. The Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant Program, administered by Choose Iowa, offers competitive matching grants of up to $100,000 per project, with a one-to-one financial match required, to support on-farm dairy processing and labor-saving technologies. Eligible projects include investments in processing and packaging equipment, robotics, automated feeding systems and herd health monitoring technology. The 11 projects announced will receive a total of $614,620.35 in cost-share funding and leverage more than $1.27 million in total investment. Since the program’s launch in 2024, 46 dairy projects have been awarded funding through the Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant Program. Combined, these projects have leveraged approximately $7.6 million in total investment including private funds match. To view a full list of grant recipients, visit the Choose Iowa website.
