LOR Field Work Initiative Funding Opportunity Accepting Applications

Application Opens February 1, 2023

Helena, Mont. – The LOR Foundation is now accepting applications for their Field Work Initiative. The application opens February 1^st, 2023 and will provide funding for research into innovative approaches to using water in agriculture. Up to $10,000 will be available for farmers and ranchers in rural parts of Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, Idaho, and Colorado.

LOR’s Field Work Initiative is open to those farmers and ranchers in the listed states that have the independent authority to make changes to water use on the land. Funding is intended for projects that improve outcome in the following areas: “water efficiency, water reliability, water quality, crop yield or crop devastation, and labor efficiency.” All projects must be completed in 2023 and must include a plan for reporting learnings.

The deadline to apply is February 22^nd, 2023. Applicants will be notified by March 15^th, 2023. Learn more at lorfoundation.org/field-work.

The Montana Department of Agriculture is serving Montana Agriculture and growing prosperity under the Big Sky. For more information on department programs and services, visit agr.mt.gov.