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Letter Supporting ReConnecting Rural America Act

NASDA

Letter Dear Chairwoman Stabenow, Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Boozman, and Ranking Member Scott: We write to you today in support of the “ReConnecting Rural America Act,” which was introduced by Senators Welch and Marshall in the Senate and Representatives Nunn, Craig, LaHood, and Sorensen and others in the House.

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Dispatch from the U.N. Climate Change Conference: Tuesday, Nov. 19

Food Tank

And in Brazil, where leaders are also meeting for the G20 Summit, countries reached what Reuters called a “fragile consensus” on the importance of climate finance, but no obligatory commitments have been agreed upon yet at either COP29 here in Baku or at the G20 in Brazil. Say it loud: Rural women are our everyday heroes!”

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USDA Announces Recipients of New Health Food Financing Expansion Grant

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Photo credit: USDA Last week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) announced that it will partner with Reinvestment Fund, a national mission-driven financial institution, to fund 16 public-private partnerships. Even then, it was funded at much lower levels than it was authorized.

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Op-Ed | Microfinance Empowers Women and Builds Community Resilience

Food Tank

In 2013, when GAIN formed a partnership with Nidan and the Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society— JEEViKA , which is an autonomous body under the Government of Bihar’s Department of Rural Development. GAIN provided the finance to equip these units and to train the women who ran the daily operations.

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USDA Unveils Rural Energy Resource Guide

ATTRA

USDA has unveiled a new rural energy resource guide that will make it easier for rural communities to identify federal funding for clean energy.

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Ag Efficiency: Focus on the 20%

ATTRA

Farmers deal with a complex web of processes in diverse areas that may be under their purvue, including crops, livestock, finance, recordkeeping, harvesting, marketing, etc. As farmers, we probably ask ourselves this question often, when we are confronted with the many challenges that arise within our agribusiness operations.

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The Case for Tractor Farming

ATTRA

Barriers Unlike seed packets and wheel hoes, financing tractors costs more than a pretty penny. Rural Sociology, 89: 3-39. And the world of precision farming methods, like GPS and sensors, save water, use fewer chemicals, and enhance crop yields with less environmental harm. Tractors require capital to purchase, rent, or borrow.

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