CAIP/YAIP Program Deadline: December 16, 2025
kentucky ag development fund (kadf)
County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP)
County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP)
County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP)
CAIP provides Kentucky agricultural producers with cost-share assistance on practices to allow them to improve and diversify their current farm operations. CAIP covers a wide variety of agricultural enterprises in its 11 incentive areas, including, but not limited to, bees and honey, equine, forage, beef and dairy cattle, goats and sheep, horticulture, poultry, swine, timber and technology, as well as energy efficiency and production, farm infrastructure and water enhancement, marketing, and value-added production. CAIP is a program of the KY Agricultural Development Fund (KADF) and is funded by the Tobacco Settlement Fund, part of the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA).
These funds will be distributed to producers as a tiered cost-share incentive to approved applicants, up to the county pro-rated maximum reimbursement among 3 investment areas.
Youth Agricultural Incentives Program (YAIP)
County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP)
County Agricultural Incentives Program (CAIP)
YAIP encourages students ages 9 - 18 to engage in and explore agricultural opportunities.