Farmers in rural America were recently dealt another curveball. Out of nowhere as far as many were concerned, the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled an important application window for its Rural ...

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Farmers and small businesses owners were expecting to start submitting their applications for a grant through the Rural Energy for America Program this July 1. But, one day before, the Department of ...

August 20, 2025 – Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will move to block taxpayer dollars from being used to build solar panels on viable farmland. In ...

Republicans once praised solar as a cog in U.S. energy independence. They now see it as a blight on the countryside. Shifting politics and on-the-ground realities are changing the conversation about ...

Some USDA offices have resumed taking applications for grants, but the Rural Energy for America Program’s future still looks cloudy. The Trump administration’s freeze on energy grants to farmers and ...

Linda Hezel grows herbs, vegetables and berries under a solar array on her farm in northwest Missouri. Missouri Farm Bureau president Garrett Hawkins is receiving criticism after he released a ...

The Daily Yonder reports fears of farmland loss hinder renewable energy growth in rural areas, despite potential benefits for ...