Trump’s USDA has stalled the program, which supports business development for local and regional farms, since the ...

Alex Ball has big plans to scale up his farm, Old City Acres, near Ypsilanti. Hire more workers. Improve energy efficiency.

Demonstrators in the town of Albany rallied in support of USDA workers and against the Trump Administration’s cuts to funding ...

IDHS, which receives funding from the Illinois Department of Agriculture and administers the reimbursements to organizations ... stores had refrigeration issues, he said, and they donated the ...

The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may ...

The USDA has since released portions of that funding, but some farmers awarded grants last year are still waiting for the 50% federal reimbursement for money they spent upfront installing solar power.

Despite a judge's orders and the Trump administration's promise to release the funding, farmers ... by USDA program and staff cuts. The USDA in February fired 6,000 employees who worked on issues ...

(LA Birdie Photography) We cover issues that deserve ... Under the REAP grant program, farmers pay for renewable and lower carbon energy projects, then submit proof of the completed work to the USDA ...

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

Joshua Snedden is a first-generation farmer who ... a $19,784 REAP reimbursement grant made this solar array possible. But the reimbursement, critical to Snedden’s cash flow, was frozen by Trump as ...