On March 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will release grant money through a U.S. Department of Agriculture program called the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, and two ...

Thousands of farmers and small rural businesses -- including many in Iowa -- remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites ...

USDA releases grant money for clean energy programs while inviting recipients to revise proposals to align with Trump ...

Under the REAP grant program, farmers pay for renewable and lower carbon energy projects and then submit proof of the completed work to the USDA for reimbursement. The grants were intended to fund ...

The federal judge unfroze roughly $20 billion in funding meant to support projects like new solar energy arrays and ...

and Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program —is managed by the USDA’s Rural Development arm. The department provides grants and low-cost loans to farmers, small businesses, and rural electric ...

Calling the grants a “slush fund,” the Agriculture Department said it may let some projects continue if they align with Trump administration priorities. The Agriculture Department said Monday ...

Previously frozen funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Office has been released, funding rural ...

A Rural Energy for America Program grant helped a New England brewery become energy independent, yet future funding for ...

The solar program now has a requirement that farmers remove any DEI or climate references from their proposals.

The announcement means federal funding for anaerobic digesters on dairy farms could be unpaused for applicants willing to change project language.