The Digest’s 2023 Multi-Slide Guide to USDA Programs Supporting the Bioeconomy

The US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service manages a wide array of programs designed to support and accelerate deployment of the bioeconomy at scale. Among them, the Biobased Markets Program (BioPreferred®) – Sec. 9002, Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels (Advanced Biofuel Payment

Program) –Sec. 9005, the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) – Sec. 9007, the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product

Manufacturing Assistance Program –Sec. 9003, the Business & Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan Program and the Rural Business Investment Program. USDA RBS Deputy Administrator Mark Brodziski gave this comprehensive overview to the tools available in this presentation from ABLC Next 2023 in San Francisco.