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USDA Rural Energy for America Program Guaranteed Loans

Guaranteed-loan financing for qualifying agricultural producers and rural small businesses pursuing renewable energy or energy-efficiency projects.

Loan

What this reviewed record establishes

Administrator
USDA Rural Development
Availability reviewed
USDA currently says guaranteed-loan applications may be submitted and applications are accepted year-round. The grant product is closed and listed separately.
Funding information
This pilot omits dollar figures until an exact, contextual evidence field can bind each figure to the reviewed product and terms.

Reviewed audience

  • Individual farmer or producer
  • Farm business or entity
  • Rural small business
  • Cooperative
  • Tribe or Tribal entity

Reviewed project scope

  • Renewable energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • Farm equipment

Practical next step

Confirm the applicant route with the state energy coordinator: USDA's agricultural-producer definition or an SBA-qualified small business. Small-business projects require an eligible rural site; an agricultural producer's non-rural project must relate to production at that site. Lender, technical, environmental, and underwriting review still apply.

The administrator decides

The Grant Map screens possible fits. The administrator decides eligibility, selection, funding, timing, and outcome. This record does not guarantee an award, calculate a funding total, or establish that multiple programs can be combined.

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