The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted nearly $1.6 million to eight agricultural producers in Puerto Rico to help them enter into value added activities related to the processing and/or marketing, generating new products, creating and expanding marketing opportunities and increasing producer income.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its Small Business Innovation Research online tutorials to help small businesses navigate the SBIR program, the agency announced.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled new rules to expand access to capital for rural businesses, in partnership with the U.S. Treasury Department, USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Administrator Sam Rikkers said Wednesday.