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USDA Announces $115.2 Million in Eight States to Capitalize on Timber Production and Protect our Communities from Devastating Wildfires

(Davis, Calif., March 23, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development’s Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator J.R. Claeys announced $115.2 million across eight states through the Timber Production and Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program (TPEP), to ensure sawmills and other wood processing facilities have the necessary funding to establish, reopen, expand, or improve their operations.

USDA Rural Development Announces $390,558 in Investments for Maple Syrup Producers in Vermont and New Hampshire

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.

USDA Invests $21 Million in ProTek Fiber Project to Provide Direct Fiber-to-the-Home Service to Thousands in Southern Illinois

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.

USDA Announces $2 Million Investment in Seafood Processing Facilities for Wild-Caught Invasive Catfish

(Washington, D.C., March 18, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Business-Cooperative Programs Administrator J.R. Claeys today announced that seafood processors in Maryland and Illinois will receive a total of $2 million to create new and better markets for the processing of invasive, wild-caught catfish through the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program.

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