Take the Next Step
Visit the official National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) website for the Rural Cooperative Development Grant Program application. The application deadline is September 15, 2025.
There are no other additional requirements at the national level. If there are additional state-specific requirements they will be listed above.
Nebraska State Office - Business & Cooperative Programs
Federal Building, Suite 308
100 Centennial Mall North
Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3859
402.437.5551 Phone
855.207.0384 FAX
Joan Scheel, Business Programs Director
402.437.5594
Brant Richardson, Business Program Specialist
402.437.5568
Deborah Drbal, Business Program Specialist
402.437.5558
Christopher Faber, Energy Coordinator/Loan Specialist
402.437.5748
Norfolk Office
2601 Lakeridge Drive, Suite 2
Norfolk, Nebraska 68701
402.371.5350 Phone
Bill Sheppard, Business Programs Specialist
Extension 104
Daniel Janke, Business Programs Specialist
Extension 115
Eastern Service Counties: Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Fillmore, Gage, Hamilton, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lancaster, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Pierce, Platte, Richardson, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Stanton, Thayer, Thurston, Washington, Wayne and York.
Kearney Office
4009 6th Avenue, Suite 1
Kearney, Nebraska 68845-2386
308.455.9847 Phone
855.207.0384 FAX
Jolene Jones, Business Programs Specialist
308.455.9840
Central Servicing Counties: Adams, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry, Custer, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Harlan, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Kearney, Keya Paha, Loup, Phelps, Rock, Sherman, Thomas, Valley, Webster and Wheeler.
Scottsbluff Office
818 Ferdinand Plaza, Suite B
Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361-4401
308.632.2195 Phone
855.207.0384 FAX
Marla Marx, Business Programs Specialist
Extension 132
Western Servicing Counties: Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier, Garden, Hayes, Hitchcock, Keith, Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson, Morrill, Perkins, Red Willow, Scottsbluff, Sheridan and Sioux.