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 All USDA Rural Development mission area programs, including Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs, are administered by Rural Development field staff. Your request for detailed information and/or how to apply for a Rural Business-Cooperative Service's loan or grant should be directed to your local Rural Development office.

However, if you would like to contact someone in our national office, you may do so with the following e-mail addresses:

Grants and Loans

Cooperative Related: cpgrants@usda.gov
  • Value-Added Producer Grants (VAPG)
  • Rural Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG)
  • Agriculture Innovation Center (AIC)
Rural Business Related: Your local Rural Development State Office
  • Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans (B&I; Guar.)
  • Intermediary Relending Program (IRP)
  • Rural Business Enterprise Grants (RBEG)
  • Rural Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)
  • Rural Economic Development Loans (REDL)
  • Rural Economic Development Grants (REDG)
  • Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program (REEEP)
1890 Land Grant Colleges and University Initiative For information about the availability of other federal grants:

General Questions/Concerns

  • For all business related information contact bpinfo@usda.gov.
  • For all cooperative related information contact coopinfo@rurdev.usda.gov.

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