业务项目

This program makes grants to Agriculture 创新中心s that may be used by the Centers to provide technical assistance to agricultural producers to help them develop and market value-added 农产品 using a variety of options, 除了联合营销.

由美国管理.S. 美国农业部(USDA), the goal of the BioPreferred程序 is to increase the purchase and use of biobased products. 

This program offers 贷款担保 to lenders for their loans to rural businesses.

我们的程序, 由2014年农业法案授权, 为完成能源审计提供资金, 提供可再生能源发展援助, make energy efficiency improvements and install renewable energy systems. 

The Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (FPEP) provides grants to help eligible applicants increase or otherwise expand the manufacturing and processing of fertilizer, 营养替代品, and other nutrient management products and technologies and their availability in the United States.

The 食品供应链担保贷款计划 is a part of USDA’s Build Back Better initiative to strengthen critical supply chains and our food system. 

The purpose of the HBIIP is to increase significantly the sales and use of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel by expanding the infrastructure for renewable fuels derived from U.S. 农产品. 

This program provides 1 percent low-interest loans to local lenders or “intermediaries” that re-lend to businesses to improve economic conditions and create jobs in rural communities.

The 肉类和家禽中介贷款计划 (MPILP) provides grant funding to intermediary lenders who finance – or plan to finance – the start-up, expansion, 或屠宰操作, 或其他肉类和家禽加工. 

The 肉类和家禽加工扩展计划(MPPEP) provides grants to help eligible processors expand their capacity. USDA 农村发展 designed the MPPEP to encourage competition a

This program is designed to provide technical assistance and training for small rural businesses. Small means that the business has fewer than 50 new workers and less than $1 million in gross revenue.

This program provides a Rural Business Investment Company (RBIC) license to newly formed developmental capital organizations to help meet the equity capital investment needs in rural communities.

The Rural Cooperative Development Grant program improves the economic condition of rural areas by helping individuals and businesses start, expand or improve rural 合作社 and other mutually-owned businesses through Cooperative Development Centers. 

The Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. USDA provides zero-interest loans to local utilities which they, in turn, pass through to local businesses (ultimate recipients) for projects that will create and retain employment in rural areas. 

The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, 加快新业态形成, support industry clusters and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas.

It provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to:

• To help microenterprises startup and growth through a Rural Microloan Revolving Fund.
• Provide training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro entrepreneurs.

The primary objective of the Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant program is to provide technical assistance to socially-disadvantaged groups through 合作社 and Cooperative Development Centers. 

SECD bolsters participating USDA 农村发展 program funds by supporting projects that promote and implement strategic community investment plans.

The Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps agricultural producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. 这个项目的目标是产生新产品, create and expand marketing opportunities and increase producer income.