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Sunday, August 14, 2022
Lawmakers are laying the groundwork to recharge the Rural Energy for America Program, a USDA initiative to bankroll clean and renewable energy from rural areas and farms.
The White House is asking Congress for $45.8 billion to cover the rising cost to the Agriculture Department and other departments and agencies of responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON, September 13, 2017 - Three Democratic senators recently introduced legislation they hope will “serve as the basis for the new energy section of the next farm bill,” according to bill sponsor Al Franken, D-Minn.
WASHINGTON, September 6, 2017 - The Agriculture Energy Coalition (AEC) has some suggestions for lawmakers as they ramp up discussions on the 2018 farm bill.
The latest numbers from USDA Rural Development show the Rural Energy for America Program... has awarded nearly $3 billion in grants and loan guarantees since it was reauthorized and given substantial funding in the 2008 farm bill.
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 - March 31 marked the latest application deadline for grants from a USDA program that offers agricultural producers and rural small businesses the opportunity to purchase ...
