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 Features: O n   t h e   C o v e r: Thomas Wyse, a forester with the Living Forest Cooperative (LFC) in northern Wisconsin, marks out a forest stewardship plan for a co-op member. The LFC has joined the National Network of Forest Practitioners, which provides technical support to its members while promoting healthy, productive forests. Photo by Peter Hoffman




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Energy FactSheet
Go To BCP Energy Webpage

Rural Area Determinations Here: Link to ERS site that calculates new coordinates for business-loan-eligible rural areas

2007 Farm Bill Logo (farm building with stars and stripes): Link to U S D A Rural Development 2007 Farm Bill Site
Rural Development 2007 Farm Bill Site

 Business Programs Powerpoint Presentation Directory


Go To Business and Cooperative Programs and Minority Business Development Agency


USDA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Page


Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program Notice (RBEG)


Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) for Inviting Applications for Energy Audits and Renewable Energy Development Assistance Under the Rural Energy for America Program

This notice announces the request for grant applications from units of State, tribal or local government, land-grant colleges, universities, or other institutions of higher education (including 1994 Land Grant (Tribal Colleges) and 1890 Land Grant Colleges and Historically Black Universities), rural electric cooperatives, and public power entities to provide energy audits and renewable energy development assistance for agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Due date is June 9, 2009.

For further information please click here NOSA.


Notice Inviting Applications for Rural Business Opportunity Grants

This notice announces the request for grant applications from units of public bodies, nonprofit corporations, Indian tribes on Federal or State reservations and other federally recognized tribal groups, and cooperatives with members that are primarily rural residents and that conduct activities for the mutual benefit of the members. Original deadline to submit applications was March 31, 2009, however, this date is being extended due to the delay in publication of the Notice in the Federal Register, this deadline did not allow potential applicants sufficient time to submit completed applications. Therefore, the deadline for receipt of applications in the respective Rural Development State Offices is extended to April 30, 2009, to allow applicants sufficient time to apply for and obtain leverage financing.

For further information please click here NOFA.


National Appeals Division -- Disposition of Cases (Jun-Nov 2008)




Special Initiatives Quick Find

Energy FactSheet
ENERGY: Farmbill Section 9006
1890 Land-Grant Institution Initiative
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC)
ARMS Loan Guarantee Program
Biobased Products and Bioenergy Program
The Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
Community Adjustment and Investment Program (CAIP)
Rural Cooperative Development Grants
Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG)
Agriculture Innovation Centers (AIC)
Value-Added Innovation Center Stakeholder Meeting Transcript


New Link to Ethanol Presentation - BCP
Energy Webpage
Federal Biobased Products Preferred Procurement Program


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