FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PSC ISSUES PRO-AG GRANTS
REOPENS APPLICATION PERIOD
Lincoln, April 15, 2025- The Nebraska Public Service
Commission has awarded 14 grants for the 2024-2025
Precision Agriculture Infrastructure Grant (PRO-AG) program
(C-5600) and is reopening the process to receive additional
applications.
Created by the legislature’s Precision Agriculture Grant
Act, the PRO-AG program makes available nearly one
million dollars in grants annually to boost rural economic
development through connectivity, sustainability, traceability,
and autonomy for farm sites in unserved areas of Nebraska.
The PRO-AG program is divided into two distinct subprograms:
Connectivity and Devices and Technology. Grant funding is
separated equally between the two subprograms. During the
2024-2025 grant cycle the Commission received 31 applications
for funding. Upon review of the applications received the
Commission determined 14 submissions would be funded. All
14 grants awarded were in the Devices and Technology
subprogram for a total of $552,363.52.
Four applications were received for the Connectivity subprogram.
However, upon review by the Commission it was determined that
each of the four Connectivity subprogram applications describe a
general-purpose connectivity project rather than one specific
enough to meet the criteria for the PRO-AG grant funding as
required by statute.
As a result, and in order to utilize the remaining funding allocated
for the 2024-2025 PRO-AG program, the application period will be
reopened. Applications for the second round of the 2024-2025 PRO-
AG grant application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m.(CT), on or
before May 6, 2025.
Commissioner Schram said, “Our goal is to award all of the
available funding. We encourage those interested in participating in
this second go round to reach out to Commission staff should they
have questions about a project’s qualifications.”
Questions can be directed to Commission staff at <
psc.broadband@nebraska.gov >. Projects funded through
today’s awards must be completed on or before April 15, 2026. A
list of the projects approved through the PRO-AG program can be
found on the PSC website <
https://psc.nebraska.gov/precision-agriculture >. ###
Contact:
Deb Collins/ Communications & Media Mgr.
(402) 471-0226 /deb.collins@nebraska.gov
