The Puerto Rico Agricultural Extension has received a $749,998 award from the US Department of Agriculture to continue to provide outreach efforts to connect with and assist socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers and to provide them with information available on USDA resources. The proposed project will build on a previously funded grant under […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking input on ways to better help rural businesses and agricultural producers develop and market new products. The USDA is interested in recommendations to improve the application process and eligibility requirements for the Value-Added Producer Grant Program, which receives at least 12 petitions a year from Puerto Rico farmers, […]
The US Department of Agriculture’s decision to extend the eviction moratorium for homeowners of properties financed or guaranteed by the agency through Sept. 30 could offer a reprieve to troubled mortgagees in Puerto Rico. There are 34,000 on that list, but not all are experiencing hardship. Furthermore, the agency announced that the single-family foreclosure moratorium […]
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