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The Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD), formerly the Michigan Department of Agriculture is a department of the Michigan state government created in 1921 to enforce laws regarding agriculture production and distribution. Agriculture in the State of Michigan is now a $104.7 billion industry. [2]
The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (abbreviated as "RBS") is one of three agencies within USDA Rural Development (along with the Rural Housing Service and Rural Utilities Service) responsible for administering various economic development programs to rural communities in the United States and its territories. Because these three agencies ...
A USDA Home Loan from the USDA loan program, also known as the USDA Rural Development Guaranteed Housing Loan Program, [1] is a mortgage loan offered to rural property owners by the United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development. [2]
The Rural Development Administration (RDA) was a USDA agency established by the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624, Sec. 2302), amending the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs. After a brief period named "Rural ...
The various programs transferred were the "No Worker Left Behind" green jobs training initiatives, Michigan's new energy efficiency building code, the Public Service Commission and energy efficiency programs, the Office of Sustainability, the Renewable Fuels Commission, and the State Energy Office. [5]
Section 502 loans are a rural housing loan program, administered by the Rural Housing Service (RHS), authorized under Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949.Borrowers may obtain loans for purchasing or repairing new or existing single-family housing.
The number of students enrolled Michigan's rural public schools has declined by 11% in the past decade, according to an analysis of school enrollment by the Detroit Free Press. Overall, Michigan ...
CSREES' mission is to "advance agriculture, the environment, human health and well-being, and communities" by supporting research, education, and Extension programs at land-grant universities and other organizations it partners with. CSREES does not conduct its own research; it provides funding and leadership to land-grant universities and ...