Rural Energy

House to Consider Appropriation Bills
House to Consider Appropriation Bills
House to Consider Appropriation Bills
In a flurry of activity ahead of the August recess, the House of Representatives will consider appropriation bills this week, including the agriculture spending bill. The process began Monday with the House Rules Committee. The 2022 agriculture spending bill provides discretionary funding of $26 ...
CAST Report USDA Can Offer Tools to Stem Climate Change
CAST Report USDA Can Offer Tools to Stem Climate Change
CAST Report USDA Can Offer Tools to Stem Climate Change
A new report shows agriculture can provide 10%-20% of the additional sequestration and emissions reductions needed for the nation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The report released by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology summarizes the different ways agriculture can provide mitigations to climate change and sequester carbon dioxide ...
Application Deadline for REAP Program is Nears
Application Deadline for REAP Program is Nears
Application Deadline for REAP Program is Nears
The application deadline for the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, is quickly approaching on March 31. The REAP program is designed to help rural businesses and farmers to purchase or install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements ...
AFBF Supports ANWR Drilling
AFBF Supports ANWR Drilling
AFBF Supports ANWR Drilling
Earlier this week, the Trump Administration gave the formal go ahead to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, a move backed by American Farme Bureau Federation. The move, authorized by a 2017 budget bill, caps a forty-year GOP effort opposed by environmentalists and some Alaska Natives, and will likely to go to court ...
Energy Programs Available from USDA
Energy Programs Available from USDA
Energy Programs Available from USDA
The USDA has energy programs that are not exclusive to small  scale meat processors, but do have applicability for a variety of businesses nationwide. "One that you probably don't really ever even think about only when thinking of small scale meat processing and thinking about renewable energy. But ...