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USDA Hosts Stakeholder Forum on the Benefits and Opportunities of the New Farm Bill Program Designed to Expand the Market for Bio-based Products

July 15, 2015 Lilian Salerno, Administrator, Rural Business Service, USDA

This Thursday, July 16, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and I, along with staff from my Rural Business Energy Division, will have the honor to host a national stakeholder forum on the improvements to, and opportunities available, under the new Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product...

Energy Rural

Resuscitated Biorefinery Breathes New Life into Rural Ohio Community

August 01, 2014 Lillian Salerno, Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Services

Erik Chaffer considers himself an optimist. Still, he found himself feeling pretty low as he watched the Great Recession knock the legs out from under the rural Ohio ethanol plant he helped manage. “Everything was pretty good until July 2008. It was just a ‘perfect storm’ type of situation,” said...

Energy Rural

USDA Works with the Farm Foundation to Help Producers Develop Renewable Energy and Biomass

November 26, 2010 Harry S. Baumes, Ph. D., Acting Director, USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses

Earlier this month, I joined colleagues from several USDA agencies in Knoxville, Tennessee to discuss biomass production and renewable energy opportunities with producers. The event was sponsored by the Farm Foundation.

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