USDA to release $537 million in HBIIP funds
31 Mar 2025
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on March 31 visited Elite Octane LLC, a 155 MMgy ethanol plant in Atlantic, Iowa, to announce the USDA will release $537 million in obligated funding under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program.
The $537 million will support 543 projects in 29 states. According to the USDA, the released funds include new projects approved by the Trump Administration. The agency, however, has not disclosed how many of the 543 projects represent newly awarded funding and how many of the projects represent previously announced awards that were under review by the administration.
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