Rural Business

Exclusive Content for Rural Economies

  • Features
  • The Rural Business Show
  • About & Contact
  • For Rural Businesses
  • For Rural Media Outlets
  • For Rural Journalists
You are here: Home / Archives for Rural Business

Grant applications open for farmers and ranchers to access markets

March 24, 2022 By Rural Business

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Xochitl Torres Small announced this month that USDA is accepting applications for grants to help farmers and ranchers maximize the value of the items they produce. USDA is making the grants available under the Value-Added Producer Grants program. The grants help agricultural producers … [Read more...]

USDA touts loan guarantee program

December 27, 2021 By Rural Business

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced USDA is deploying $100 million under the new Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program to make available nearly $1 billion in loan guarantees; these loan guarantees will back private investment in processing and food supply infrastructure. The funding is available through the American Rescue … [Read more...]

Farmers, ranchers and rural businesses: Shape future USDA grant funding

September 16, 2021 By Rural Business

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling for feedback on its $76 million Value-Added Producer Grant Program, which provides funding for rural businesses, ranchers and farmers to grow their income by developing and marketing new products. The program hosts a national competition to award $75,000 planning grants and $250,000 working capital grants to independent … [Read more...]

Help the USDA improve funding for rural co-ops

September 15, 2021 By Rural Business

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is soliciting feedback on how to better award grants to launch, grow and enhance cooperatives in rural areas. Specifically, the department wants to know how it can improve the application process, eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria for its Rural Cooperative Development Grant program. The RCDG program hosts a national … [Read more...]

USDA seeks input on $7.4M grant program for farmers and rural businesses

September 14, 2021 By Rural Business

The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to know how its Agriculture Innovation Center Program can better support farmers and rural businesses that sell value-added agricultural products, such as ethanol, jam, flour, or beef jerky. The USDA Agricultural Innovation Center Program was created to stimulate economic development in rural areas by supporting producers of … [Read more...]

Next Page »

Get the Latest in Rural Business

Receive an email whenever exclusive Rural Business content is posted (no more than once per week).

The Rural Business Show

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2023 · Website by Nevada Central Media, LLC using the Genesis Framework by StudioPress

Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy