Trump Curbs Farmers’ Access to Funding for Energy Projects
The Trump Administration is restricting access to a federal rural energy program for farmers in another move against renewable energy. But the major change to the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) that eliminates upfront funding would make energy efficiency projects and cheaper energy for farmers inaccessible to many of them, analysts say. The USDA’s new rules, unveiled at the end of September and effective October 16, aim to eliminate taxpayer funding for “unreliable energy sources”, protect…
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- Farmers & agriculture
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- tsvetana paraskova
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- Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 4:30 am IST
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