Following several years of high input costs, declining crop prices and stagnant congressional investments in critical farm programs including risk management tools, trade promotion programs, marketing ...
The Agriculture Department will no longer recognize groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and women as “socially disadvantaged” and deserving of increased benefits. In a final ...
Learn about the pause on USDA anaerobic digester loans as the agency addresses high delinquency rates and environmental concerns.
The Agriculture Department cited high delinquency rates and other problems with loan guarantees for manure-to-energy ...
The Agriculture Department said that it has redressed decades of historic race- and sex-based discrimination and will no longer be considering that legacy in its grants, loans and other programs. The ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an about face on Thursday with regard to how it will consider farmer applications for loans and programs, moving forward. Specifically, the agency ...
The Agriculture Department's Rural Business-Cooperative Service has put a 90-day pause on accepting loan note guarantees for projects involving biodigesters and controlled environment agriculture, ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled last week that it already “sufficiently addressed” past discrimination and that continuing to practice “race- and sex-based remedies” are no longer necessary ...
EXCLUSIVE — Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is abandoning its defense of Biden-era programming that gives preferential treatment to farmers based on race and gender ...
Farm equipment loans are a vital financing tool for agriculture producers across the country. Whether you need to purchase a tractor-trailer, irrigation equipment or a high-tech fertilizer spreader, ...
USDA Wisconsin Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Patty Edelburg reminds producers that FSA offers targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to assist underserved applicants as well ...