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New USDA Rural Development Energy Initiative Discussed in Indianapolis

April 11, 2011 Darrell J. Mowery, Indiana USDA Public Information Coordinator

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development conducted a meeting in Indianapolis in early April to discuss the agency’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). The event, hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance/Indiana Corn Growers Association presented information on RD’s new...

Energy Rural

A Celebration! Nebraska’s First USDA Direct Multi Family Housing Loan Paid in Full

April 08, 2011 Nebraska Rural Development State Director Maxine Moul and Public Affairs Coordinator Vicki Schurman

Gibbon, Nebraska with a population under 2,000 is celebrating the final payment of the first direct loan in Nebraska for a multi-family housing project through USDA Rural Development (the former Farmers Home Administration). Board members of Gibbon Centennial Manor and tenants of the 16 unit complex...

Rural

Arizona – Stronger Economies Together Thanks to USDA Support

April 07, 2011 Dianna Jennings, USDA Arizona Special Projects Coordinator

Last summer Arizona rural communities joined together to compete for a USDA Rural Development Technical Assistance grant to train communities of interest on regional economic development. The initiative, Stronger Economies Together or SET, was launched in 2009 by USDA Rural Development in...

Rural

Connecticut Farmer Honored for Sustainability, Conservation Efforts

April 06, 2011 Dawn Pindell, Windham County FSA

A Windham County, Conn., resident was recognized as an outstanding farmer during Ag Week for utilizing environmentally conscious technology and progressive agriculture sustainability. Matthew Peckham, who operates a dairy farm with 140 Holstein and Jersey cows, was honored during a ceremony at the...

Rural

Producing Fuel for the Future in the Midwest

April 05, 2011 Vicki Schurman, USDA Nebraska Public Information Officer

Nebraska Rural Development State Director Maxine Moul was joined by South Dakota State Director Elsie Meeks and Iowa Area Director Theresa Jordison on March 30th to recognize Ag Processing Inc. (AGP) headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska with a plaque for their production of advanced biodiesel fuels. The...

Energy Rural

Pennsylvania Bio-fuel Producer Harnessing Our Potential to Out-Innovate Global Competitors

April 04, 2011 Tom Williams, Pennsylvania State Director, USDA Rural Development

Local media had a glimpse into one of the largest biofuels plants in the United States and the high-profile biofuels production industry last week. Inside HERO BX in Erie, Penn., camera crews rolled video and snapped photos of energy’s future—the conversion of materials like animal fat and vegetable...

Energy Rural

Science from USDA, Building on Tribal Traditions

April 04, 2011 Dr. Ann Bartuska, Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

Recently, I visited Tohono O’odham Community College, in Sells, AZ, one of the tribal colleges that the Department of Agriculture supports around the country to level the playing field and open the doors of higher education to more young people. The Tohono O’odham or “Desert People” live in the...

Rural Research and Science

Deputy Under Secretary Outlines Agricultural Success at Mississippi Small Farmers Conference

March 30, 2011 Karis Gutter, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, USDA FFAS

In the two years that President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack have been in office, those involved in production agriculture have participated in driving a sustained economic recovery. That’s the message I delivered earlier this week to farmers, extension staff, local business leaders and...

Initiatives Rural

Federal Recovery Act Support Responsible For A New Jersey Water Quality Project and Construction Jobs

March 30, 2011 Cynthia M. O'Grady, USDA New Jersey Public Information Assistant

A groundbreaking ceremony took place earlier this month in the Town Bank section of Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, to kick off the first phase of a water main project. USDA Rural Development officials joined Lower Township Municipal Utility Authority, Senator Bob Menendez, state and...

Initiatives Rural

USDA, Bureau of Indian Affairs Meet to Better Serve Tribes

March 29, 2011 Janie Hipp, Senior Adviser to the Secretary for Tribal relations

Earlier this week I was privileged to co-host a historic meeting here at USDA. I was joined by Jodi Gillette, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Michael Black, Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to discuss ways USDA and BIA can work together to better serve the...

Rural