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Publication Program Categories

Business | Cooperatives | Housing/Community Facilities | Rural Development | Utilities | Publicaciones en español | Other

Rural Development Publications

• Rural Development Strategic Plans
• Rural Cooperatives Magazine
• Rural Development Fact Sheets
• Committed to the Future of Rural Communities (PDF)
• Katrina Disaster Recovery Guide (PDF)
• Lending on Native American Lands -- A Guide for Rural Development Staff (PDF)
• Farm Bill Fast Facts -- PDF / HTML
• Civil Rights: It's The Law (PDF)
• Making Your Voice Heard: Customer Mediation Program (PDF)
• Rural Development Audit Program -- PDF
• Archived Rural Development Progress Reports 2004 | 2005-2006 | 2007 | 2008

Business Publications

• Business Programs Fact Sheets
• Help for Rural Businesses and Cooperatives (PDF)
• Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program (PDF)
• A Commitment to Service (PDF)

Cooperative Publications

• Rural Cooperatives Magazine
• Help for Rural Businesses and Cooperatives (PDF)
• Cooperative Information Reports
• Cooperative Research Reports
• Cooperative Service Reports

Most Requested Reports
        Rural Cooperative Publications (Lists publications by subject and series number)
        Cooperative Feasiblity Study Guide (PDF)
        Directory of Farmer Cooperatives (PDF)
        Appraising Manager Performance (PDF)
        Agricultural Cooperatives in the 21st Century (PDF)
        Sample Policies for Cooperatives (PDF)

Cooperative Programs Fact Sheets
Coops 101: An Introduction to Cooperatives -- PDF / HTML
How to Start a Cooperative -- PDF / HTML
¿Qué es una Cooperativa? (PDF)

• Partners in -- Value Added Program Grant Program Brochure (PDF)
• Farmer Cooperative Statistics, 2002 (PDF)
• The 100 Largest Agricultural Cooperatives 2001 Financial Profile (PDF)
• The 100 Largest Agricultural Cooperatives 2000 Financial Profile (PDF)

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Housing/Community Facilities Publications

• Housing and Community Facilities Fact Sheets
• Rural Development Housing Programs 2003 Progress Report (PDF)
• Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants (PDF)
• Guaranteed Community Facility Loans (PDF)
• Building a Better Future for Farmworkers (PDF)
• Construcción de un futuro mejor para los campesinos (PDF)
• Building Dreams: The Mutual Self-Help Housing Program (PDF)
• Creando Sueños: El Programa de Vivienda con Ayuda Propia Mutua (PDF)
• Fair Housing -- It's Your Right (PDF)
• Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (PDF)
• Préstamos Garantizados para Vivienda Rural (PDF)
  A Place to Live -- Buying or Repairing a Home With Help From USDA's Single Family Housing Direct Loan Program --
         PDF (772 Kb) / HTML
  Un Lugar Donde Vivir -- Cómo Comprar o Reparar Casas con Ayuda de los Programas del USDA de Préstamos Directos
         para Viviendas -- PDF (2,393 Kb) / HTML
  Affordable Rental Housing for Rural America -- PDF
  Casas que debe saber acerca del alquiler de viviendas rurales del USDA -- PDF
• Viviendas de Alquiler Asequibles para Áreas Rurales de los Estados Unidos-Programas de Viviendas Multifamiliares de la Oficina de Desarrollo Rural del USDA (PDF)
• Rural Housing Service 1999 Progress Report (PDF)

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Utilities Publications

• Utilities Programs Fact Sheets
• The USDA Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program (PDF)
• Connecting Rural America Booklet (PDF)
  
  

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Publicaciones en español

• ¿Qué es una Cooperativa? (PDF)
• Comprendiendo las Cooperativas: La estructura de las cooperativas (PDF)
• Comprendiendo las Cooperativas: ¿Quiénes manejan los negocios cooperativos? Los socios (PDF)
• Comprendiendo las Cooperativas: ¿Quiénes manejan los negocios cooperativos? La Junta Directiva (PDF)
• Comprendiendo las Cooperativas: ¿Quiénes manejan los negocios cooperativos? El administrador y los empleados (PDF)
• Creando Sueños: El Programa de Vivienda con Ayuda Propia Mutua (PDF)
• Préstamos Garantizados para Vivienda Rural (PDF)
  Un Lugar Donde Vivir -- Cómo Comprar o Reparar Casas con Ayuda de los Programas del USDA de Préstamos Directos
         para Viviendas -- PDF (2,393 Kb) / HTML
• Construcción de un futuro mejor para los campesinos (PDF)
• Viviendas de Alquiler Asequibles para Áreas Rurales de los Estados Unidos-Programas de Viviendas Multifamiliares de la Oficina de Desarrollo Rural del USDA (PDF)
• Una guia para de implementacion y hitos para comunidades rural (PDF)
• Una guia para planificacion de estrategias para comunidades rural (PDF)

PA 1550-S:  Creando Nuevas Oportunidades para las Zonas Rurales de los Estados Unidos -- PDF / HTML
PA 1556-S:  Programas de Vivienda -- PDF / HTML
PA 1557-S:  Créditos para Instalaciones Comunitarias -- PDF / HTML
PA 1565-S:  Programa de Préstamos Garantizados -- PDF / HTML
PA 1589-S:  Programas para Negocios -- PDF / HTML
PA 1590-S:  Servicios a Cooperativas Servicios a Cooperativas -- PDF / HTML
PA 1611-S:  Programas de Manejo de Aguas y Desperdicios -- PDF / HTML

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Other Related Publications

A Guide for Evaluating the Requirements of Ethanol Plants (PDF)
       Developed by the Clean Fuels Development Coalition and Nebraska Ethanol Board in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture
USDA Agriculture Fact Book

Food and Agricultural Policy--Taking Stock for the New Century (PDF)

Chapter 6: Rural Development from the Secretary's 1999 Annual Report (PDF)

Creating Jobs and Revitalizing the Economy in Rural Areas from the Secretary's 1998 Annual Report

Creating Jobs and Revitalizing the Economy in Rural Areas from the Secretary's 1997 Annual Report

Guide to USDA Programs for Native Americans and Alaska Natives

New 2011 American Indian/Alaska Native American Committed to the future of Tribal Nations Brochure

Rural America Publications from the USDA Economic Research Service

A Guide for Evaluating the Requirements of Ethanol Plants (PDF)
       Developed by the Clean Fuels Development Coalition and Nebraska Ethanol Board in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture

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