A popular rural energy program meant to lower energy costs while helping farmers and small businesses is facing an uncertain future as Congress continues to debate over proposed spending cuts. The ...

Solar panels at Lavalier’s Berry Patch. Up until a few years ago, when people visited Lavalier’s Berry Patch outside Grand Rapids, Minnesota, to pick strawberries, lingonberries, and apples, Stuart ...

Workers install solar panels at Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, Pa., in 2010. The project was funded in part through the Rural Energy for America Program. (USDA photo by Julie Holland) ...

Farmers and rural businesses that spent money to make their operations more energy efficient are waiting for reimbursement from the Agriculture Department due to a freeze on payments under the Rural ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling back a grant and loan program supporters say was designed to increase rural economic development through renewable energy. However, ...

Farming in America can be a tough business, and for some producers, finding more affordable energy can make the difference between profit and loss. But getting federal support to help them do that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for thousands of rural energy program grantees, who’ve been promised funding totaling $10.8 billion, including $2.5 billion in loan ...

It is always heartening when funders and public officials recognize the value of mobile health. But without long-term ...

For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants for solar, wind, energy-efficiency ...