National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

APRIL 25, 2024

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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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

It can also promote healthier soil, reduce pest problems, and boost rural economies. Equipment sharing and community information sharing about financing helps to adapt quickly to the changes. Incorporating indigenous vegetables into our local farming system can disrupt this pattern.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 19, 2023

Outside of advising and farm management, AI also has the potential to significantly transform the agricultural financing sector by revolutionizing the way we analyze and underwrite loans for farmers. As AI speeds up agricultural finance, it’s important for lenders to keep humans at the center of lending.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 24, 2024

In addition to concerns about impacts on food production and sensitive ecosystems, some critics argue that converting thousands of acres of agricultural land to utility-scale solar arrays would compromise the character of rural regions. Each megawatt powers the equivalent of 164 homes.

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Food Tank

MARCH 22, 2025

However, when I look at the complex graphics and jargon in the report, I have trouble seeing how the details in the document can be translated to on-the-ground solutions in rural areas throughout the world. Husic notes that many of the worlds least developed nations receive little of the climate finance needed to deploy these innovations.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

times more likely to die by suicide than the general population, according to the National Rural Health Association.Research from South Dakota State University , the University of Nevada, Reno , University of Georgia , and more have found that farmers experience significantly higher stress levels than the general population.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 14, 2025

It was by a stroke of luck that Alvarado learned about North Carolina-based Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI), a nonprofit which helps farmers in tough situations free of charge. Vogel told Civil Eats that farmers often had to seek finance information themselves and help one another in order to get by.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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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NASDA

JULY 2, 2024

NASDA Enumerator Coach This position will be responsible for providing a crucial role in serving our agricultural producers by providing reliable, accurate and objective statistics and information that farmers, ranchers and rural communities depend on. All applications are due by August 31.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 4, 2023

The SDGs need proper long-term financing , say Prof. This book says that be just the ticket for rural revitalisation. Because there are is so much interesting stuff here, I’ll leave this on the front page for a few days before relegating it to the sidebar in due course as usual. Jeffrey Sachs and co-authors.

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ATTRA

JUNE 26, 2024

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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NASDA

JUNE 9, 2023

EPA’s program objectives for the GGRF: to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other air pollutants; to deliver benefits to American communities, particularly low-income and disadvantaged communities; and to mobilize financing and private capital to stimulate additional deployment of greenhouse gas- and air pollution-reducing projects.

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Civil Eats

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Rural Response Hotline : 1-800-464-0258. Haskins is the behavioral health lead at AgriSafe , an agricultural health care network formed by rural nurses in 2003. I think that part of the mental health issues in rural communities, especially with farmers and ranchers, can come from physical pain.

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ATTRA

JULY 11, 2023

The High Plains Journal reports that the Native American Agriculture Fund invested $12 million to create the first-ever Other Financing Institution within the Farm Credit System, Native Agriculture Financial Services.

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UnderstandingAg

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I had to admit, although I was managing the finances, the milking herd, and the crops, it probably wasnt me or anyone else in the family. However, on balance I would argue that this has not been good for rural America. Resilience, livelihoods, and a rural way of life have been sacrificed on the altar of efficiency and progress.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The country has pioneered a move towards agroecology for two decades and has already seen a 4 percent improvement in rural food security. By creating mechanisms that connect farmers, seed providers, trainers, financers, innovators, retailers and other players in the food sector across the world, COP28 can build the momentum for agroecology.

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Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 1, 2024

As well as growing food, farmers are tasked with delivering a broad spectrum of ‘public goods’ – from wildlife habitat and healthy soils to public access and rural employment. Is it the period 1750-1850 when most of the present rural features were planted or built? The money to sustain the rural environment.

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Daily Yonder

APRIL 18, 2023

CEI’s subsidiary, CEI Capital Management, was part of arranging financing for Premium Peanut through the federal New Markets Tax Credit. As a start-up with no historical performance in a competitive commodity market, the company struggled to secure traditional bank financing for equipment and facilities.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 8, 2024

In announcing the rule, Administrator Ducheanauex remarked: “ The changes in this rule signal a producer-centric approach to finance. Our tools can now be used to provide borrowers the financial freedom and flexibility to improve profitability and resilience.

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Modern Farmer

MARCH 3, 2025

Then she successfully applied for financing from Black Farmer Fund (BFF), a nonprofit community investment fund that supports the Black agricultural community in the Northeast to close the racial wealth gap and build connections. I think we just have a perception of what leadership looks like, or who can lead or build. Thats a trope or image.

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Trimble Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Challenges and Barriers of Rural Land Ownership Before jumping to the solution, we must first properly understand the three biggest hurdles standing in the aspiring landowner’s way. This lack of innovation has limited access to capital and made it difficult for young farmers to secure adequate financing for large land purchases.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Women in rural areas are the labor workforce in Africa’s food system,” says Marème Niang Belko, Agronomist at CERAAS. Women need better access to and control over resources like agricultural technologies, land, quality seeds, inputs, extension services, finance, and markets to increase their productivity and economic growth, says Maiga.

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Trimble Agriculture

JULY 3, 2024

Rural communities lose not only their economic base but also a key part of their cultural identity. Download Your Free Farm Legacy Roadmap More Adaptable Financing Options At AgAmerica, we empower farmers with custom loan solutions that address short-term pain points while planning for long-term financial resilience.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 9, 2023

By inviting them to the farm, operators provide important education and awareness of rural traditions. Financing Your New Agritourism Business As the nation’s leader in financial services for rural America, we help agribusinesses of all kinds to grow and succeed. Preserving Farmland Agricultural land is disappearing.

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Food Tank

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Climate Finance Loans a Disaster for Climate-Burdened African Communities — “We indeed refuse to borrow from the arsonists to put out fire they lit to burn our livelihoods,” Mithika Mwenda of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance told IPS. Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29.

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Agribusiness Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

The USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) is a program that provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements. Projects must be located in rural areas with populations of 50,000 residents or less.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 7, 2024

Financial Tools Farmers need reliable data and tools to manage their finances effectively. Financial Health Check Tool Farm Loan Calculator AgAmerica’s free farm loan calculator helps rural landowners estimate their loan payments and determine the best financing options for their operations. Want to try it for yourself?

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Food Tank

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is an organization working in Central America to provide technical assistance and training to rural farming families that will help them produce food in a more sustainable way. SHI is also undergoing a review process to assess how they can achieve their goals.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative Pennsylvania has taken a proactive approach to address food deserts through the Fresh Food Financing Initiative. Illinois' Healthy Food Financing Act Illinois has enacted the Healthy Food Financing Act to support efforts to alleviate food deserts.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Only 1 percent of all adaptation finance commitments on the continent are directed to agricultural research. This is the catalyst that rural communities need to create their own stable, diversified, agriculture-based economies, while delivering greater returns on R&D expenditures across different stages of innovation.

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Trimble Agriculture

JUNE 5, 2024

If you’re a rural landowner, you know as well as us that land is your most valuable asset and must be used wisely to build long-term financial success. Throughout our years of navigating both the financial and ag markets, we’ve learned a thing or two when it comes to farm finance. ” Mike D.,

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 21, 2024

He also was a professor at California State University, Fresno’s School of Agricultural Economics, where he taught Ag Finance and Ag Accounting for 26 years. Without a clear financial plan and regular discussions about finances, farmers can make poor decisions that have long-term consequences. Another issue is a lack of documentation.

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ATTRA

MARCH 26, 2025

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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ATTRA

AUGUST 6, 2024

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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Sustainable Harvest International

MAY 9, 2024

Starting and running a farm can feel daunting, especially for rural women who lack support and resources. The uncertainty of success and the lack of education and financing prevent many rural women from starting their own farms. At Sustainable Harvest International (SHI), we understand the challenges women rural farmers face.

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Farm Credit of Southern Colorado

AUGUST 24, 2023

For those who are unaware, our agricultural equipment financing landscape is undergoing a significant transformation marked by a union of factors that are restructuring buyer sentiment. Rates and Financing Dynamics Inherently, interest rates are a crucial piece in shaping any type of financing plan.

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Trimble Agriculture

AUGUST 28, 2024

farmland market trends directly affect the equity and borrowing power of rural landowners. AgAmerica offers tailored financing solutions to support landowners in acquiring land, expanding operations, and solidifying their financial future.

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