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News Releases from California/Washington, D.C. Offices of USDA Rural Development

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November  2006
 Home Repair Loans and Grants Available To Rural Homeowners (11/27/06)
 USDA Rural Development Renews Commitment to Rural First Responders (11/14/06)

October  2006
 USDA Rural Development Awards Grant to Center for Cooperatives (10/20/06)
 USDA Rural Development Funds Mariposa Wastewater Facility (10/17/06)

September  2006
 $1.5 Million in Grants Awarded To Improve Competitiveness of California Agriculture (9/13/06)
 USDA Rural Development Awards Economic Impact Grants (9/12/06)

August  2006
 USDA Rural Development Delivers In Tulare County (8/15/06)

July  2006
 USDA Rural Development Awards Funds to El Centro (7/25/06)
 USDA Rural Development Grant Aids California Poultry Industry’s Ongoing Efforts to Enhance Biosecurity (7/10/06)

June  2006

Helping Families Own their Future - Homeownership Month 2006 (6/7/06)

 

May  2006
 USDA Rural Development Dives In to Help Harbor Patrol (May 22, 2006)
Under Secretary for Rural Development Tours Two Loan Recipients in Northern California (5/9/06)
 Rural Development Report Sounds Alarm on Affordable Housing  (5/11/05)

 

April 2006

Earth Day Celebration: Cutler-Orosi Improves Water Quality with USDA Funding (4/21/06)

 

March 2006

Rural Development Loan is Rx for Lindsay Wellness Center (3/31/06)

USDA Rural Development Offers Home Repair Assistance in Fresno County (3/22/06)

Rural Development Loans Sprout New Homes in Mecca (3/20/06)

Rural Development Grant Helps Rural Health Providers (3/15/06)

USDA Announces Nearly $6.7 Million to Spur Rural Economic and Community Development in 20 States (3/15/06)

USDA Rural Development Funds Mariposa Composting Facility (3/15/06)

Rural Development Celebrates Brawley Self-Help Housing Completion (3/14/06)

USDA Appoints Higgins to Head Rural Development Efforts in California (3/2/06)

Rural Development Loan Awarded to Ukiah Children's Group (3/1/06)

 

Applications Accepted for Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program Funds (2/9/06)

 

January 2006

USDA Rural Development Invests $344 Million in Rural California (1/26/06)

USDA Rural Development Grant Boosts Emergency Communications on North Coast (1/11/06)

USDA Rural Development Makes Loan to Spur Economic Growth in Northern California (1/11/06)

USDA Rural Development Offers Funds for Rural Home Repairs  (1/09/06)

Johanns Announces $38 Million in Loans and Grants to Spark Growth of Value-Added Ag Ventures and Business Development (1/09/06)

 

 

 

Information for Media:

 

USDA Rural Development California 2005 Annual Report (PDF)

USDA RD Fast Facts for California

USDA Rural Development Highlights

 

 

Opinion Articles: (Commentary by State Director Ben Higgins on topical issues of importance to rural California communities)

USDA Rural Development Offers Help in Times of Trouble

Support of FFA is Support for Our Future

Rural Development Committed to Affordable Farmworker Housing

USDA Rural Development Helps Milk Power from Cows

USDA Rural Development Helps State's Biosecurity on Avian Flu Threat

USDA Rural Development Delivers to Rural California

 

(Permission for use is granted for the opinion articles listed above, however, credit must be made to USDA Rural Development in California when reprinting any article)

 

 

Backgrounders:

Avian Flu Backgrounder

Methane Digester Backgrounder 

 

 

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