Farmer-driven innovations in agriculture that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life.
Learn More About Western SARE and Sustainable AgricultureOur Grant Programs
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Sabbatical Research & Education
Open - Deadline March 5, 2026
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Graduate Student Research & Education
Open - Deadline March 5, 2026
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Farmer/Rancher
Closed - Opens 2026
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Local Education & Demonstration
Closed - Open 2026
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Professional + Producer
Closed - Opens 2026
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Professional Development Program
Closed - Open 2026
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Research & Education Pre-Proposal
Closed - Opens 2026
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Please note that awards provided under these Calls are contingent upon USDA-NIFA authorizing the funding to our Host Institution, Montana State University.
Funding & Impact Infographic
Learn more about our 2025 funded projects and impacts from previously funded projects. On this interactive infographic, click on a highlighted state or territory to see the number of projects, topics, and amount of funding awarded in 2025. Links to stories and digital media are also included.
View Interactive InfographicRecent Publications
Read the latest issue of our magazine Simply Sustainable and download recent reports highlighting successful and innovative funded projects. Our latest report is Farmer-Rancher Research in the West: A Picture of Success
Download PublicationsStories from the West
Sugarbeets
Can Less Fertilizer Create Higher Sugar Yields? Testing a Win-Win Hypothesis
For a sugarbeet grower, when someone tells you that you can reduce your nitrogen fertilizer inputs and costs by 20 percent and increase your crop quality and sugar yield, there’s only one logical response. Prove it. That’s just what the Western Sugar Cooperative set out to do with a Western SARE Professional + Producer grant […]
Our Impact
Western SARE Grants
- 68,010 farmers and ranchers participated in learning
- 15,158 farmers and ranchers gained knowledge or skills
- 2,681 farmers and ranchers changed a practice
About Western SARE
Western SARE provides competitive grants and educational opportunities in Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Federated States of Micronesia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Northern Marianas Islands, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
We’ve had twice the crop production on the same footprint, which is huge for both profit and land-use efficiency.


