(Stevens Point, Wis. March 23, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development’s Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator J.R.

Modernization initiative will lower burdens on borrowers and lenders, improve service, speed access to credit and strengthen oversight.

This Investment Will Help Producers Market Their Value-Added Maple Syrup Products Locally and Across the Nation
 

(Concord, N.H., March 20, 2026) – During Maple Weekend, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Vermont and New Hampshire State Director Patrick Suprunowicz has announced that two maple syrup producers will receive a total of $390,558 to strengthen their maple syrup businesses.

(Washington, D.C., March 18, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Programs Administrator J.R.

Fiber-optic Infrastructure Project Saves Dozens of Jobs and Creates Even More

(Champaign, Ill., March. 23, 2026) – ProTek Fiber is installing 700 miles of fiber to provide direct fiber-to-the-home service for more than 10,000 households, farms, businesses, and community anchor institutions. ProTek Fiber secured a $21 million loan through Farmers State Bank of Alto Pass, guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to bring fiber to rural residents in Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Union, Williamson, and Saline counties.

The EPA anticipates awarding up to $932 million in competitive grant funding under the 2024 Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. The program is soliciting applications nationwide for a grant competition to fund the replacement of existing non-zero-emission Class 6 and 7 heavy-duty vehicles with zero-emission'

The primary goal of the UAIP projects is to support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production. The UAIP grants being made available for application under this Notice of Funds Available is to support planning and implementation activities. Planning activities will initiate, develop, or support the efforts of farmers, gardeners'

The Distressed Area Recompete Pilot Program (Recompete Pilot Program) will invest $200 million in persistently distressed communities to create and connect people to good jobs. This program will create renewed economic opportunity in communities that have for too long been forgotten. To do so, the program targets areas where prime-age (25-54 years'

This notice identifies the objectives for Community Food Projects Competitive Grant Program (CFPCGP) projects, deadlines, funding information, eligibility criteria for projects and applicants, and application forms and associated instructions. In FY 2024 NIFA's CFPCGP intends to solicit applications and fund two types of grants. The grant types'

This funding opportunity will award cooperative agreements allowing the Social Security Administration (SSA) to collaborate with States, foundations, and other non-federal groups and organizations who have the interest and ability to identify, operate, evaluate, and partially fund interventional research. The research and interventions under this'