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May
2010
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 18, 2010 - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that a total of $1,091,930 ($565,965 in loans and $525,965 in grants) will be coming to 12 operations across Iowa to assist farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses in developing renewable energy systems, and in making energy-efficiency improvements to their operation. The funding will benefit farms and businesses located in the following counties: Benton, Boone, Hancock, Jones, Marshall, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Scott, Tama, Union and Wapello.
"Making energy efficiency investments in farms and small businesses benefits these operations, and our state as a whole," said Harkin. "These steps will help to continue to put us on a path of energy independence, which will lower energy costs, reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign fuel and protect our natural resources."
Today's grants and loans come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program. Harkin is a senior member of the panel that funds rural development and energy initiatives.
"Making energy efficiency investments in farms and small businesses benefits these operations, and our state as a whole," said Harkin. "These steps will help to continue to put us on a path of energy independence, which will lower energy costs, reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign fuel and protect our natural resources."
Today's grants and loans come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program. Harkin is a senior member of the panel that funds rural development and energy initiatives.
