The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development program has awarded the Colville Tribes a $16.5 million grant to build a new food processing facility that will combine traditional and modern techniques. Colville is the largest recipient of this grant. This new facility will include several buildings with a total area of approximately 28,000 square feet.

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture completed its markup of the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2024 (Farm Bill) and passed the proposed legislation 33-21. When or whether the Farm Bill is brought to the House floor for a vote is uncertain due to substantive and logistical factors. U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry leadership has also indicated it will unveil its draft text, which will provide a clearer indication of the challenges ahead for final passage of a Farm Bill.

Pembroke Telephone Company to announce that high-speed internet will soon be coming to new parts of Candler, Evans, and Tattnall counties in Georgia. This is made possible with a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ReConnect grant of more than $9 million that will be used along with a $3.2 million investment by Pembroke Telephone Company and will benefit 3,332 people, 55 businesses, 120 farms, and four educational facilities.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that South Carolina is receiving $257 million in electric infrastructure for rural communities. The announcement was made in honor of President Biden's Infrastructure Week and will provide investments for three electric cooperatives across the Palmetto State: the Aiken Electric Cooperative (AEC), the Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative (BREC), and the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation (Haywood EMC).