USDA assigns local farmers $240K in green energy funds
August 14, 2012
Three Puerto Rico farming operations will split nearly $240,000 in loans and grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to produce renewable energy and make energy efficiency improvements, the agency announced Tuesday.
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EDB: $33M in farming loans approved since Jan. ’09
August 3, 2012
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank has approved $33 million in loans to island farmers since the current administration took over in 1999, agency President Ivonne Otero said Thursday.
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Farmers ask GAO to lift Jones Act provisos citing increased production costs
April 27, 2012
Members of the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau, which represents a cross-section of the island’s agriculture sector, met with members of the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Hato Rey Thursday to lay out the reasons why ...
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