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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 04, 2024
More money is being awarded through the Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program, offering loans or grants to 32 projects across 20 states to strengthen the country’s rural broadband access.
After the Department of Agriculture announced a new round of investments in rural broadband this week, the head of USDA’s Rural Development efforts says they are seeing more interest and increased participation in the ReConnect program.
A fresh round of Agriculture Department funding is set to invest $401 million to expand internet connectivity to unserved or underserved people in rural parts of the country across 11 states.
The top Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee is calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to delay signup for the Conservation Reserve Program because of the war in Ukraine.
The Department of Agriculture is offering a fresh round of funding through its ReConnect program aimed at expanding broadband availability in rural areas.
The Biden administration expects to start distributing the first dollars from the new, bipartisan infrastructure bill in the first half of 2022, but it is likely to take significantly longer for farmers and rural Americans to see some of the long-sought spending.
The Department of Agriculture is making available $1.15 billion through USDA's Reconnect program to provide rural areas with highspeed internet. The department will start taking applications for grants and loans November 24.
President Joe Biden has selected Xochitl Torres Small, a former member of the House Ag Committee, as undersecretary of rural development at the Agriculture Department.
