USDA Extends Deadline to Resubmit Rural Energy Proposals to ‘Align’ with Trump Administration Priorities

USDA Extends Deadline to Resubmit Rural Energy Proposals to ‘Align’ with Trump Administration Priorities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for thousands of rural energy program grantees, who’ve been promised funding totaling $10.8 billion, including $2.5 billion in loan subsidies, to resubmit their projects to align with President Donald Trump’s energy priorities.In a March 25, 2025 announcement, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins notified recipients of the Rural Energy For America Program (REAP), Empowering Rural Am…

Trump’s USDA resurrects one climate grant program, kills another

Farmers who were left in limbo after the U.S. Department of Agriculture froze renewable energy grants are finally starting to get paid. At the same time, however, farmers have been hit with the cancellation of another USDA grant program: the $3 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative, designed to promote farming and forestry practices to improve soil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Dale Westphal is among the farmers wh…