Ag training sessions available

02/17/11 The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is conducting free training sessions for its Rural Energy for America Program and Value Added Producer Grant program. Eligible applicants for REAP include agricultural producers and rural small...

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RFHS grad Dan Reek took the long route to developing rural energy

04/21/11 RFHS graduate Dan Reek set up a Morton field office for his Eden Prairie-based renewable energy business, Rural Energy Connections, earlier this year.

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House panel cuts rural energy, biofuels

05/28/11 A House subcommittee voted this week to cut two rural energy grants and a biofuels loan guarantee program out of the 2012 budget, a move advocates say would weaken South Dakota's rural communities at a time of high energy costs. Republicans on the agriculture appropriations subcommittee approved a bill that would end payments for the Rural Energy Assistance Program (REAP), the Biorefineries ...

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