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  **FY 2008 RCDG                                           
  Recipients**                                             

  State          Name                    Amount            Project Description

  AL             Federation of Southern  \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Cooperatives/Land                         to continue funding the Cooperative
                 Assistance Fund                           Development, Training and Research
                                                           Center to establish a vegetable
                                                           processing and marketing
                                                           cooperative, a regional goat
                                                           processing and marketing
                                                           cooperative, a timber cooperative,
                                                           and for updating business plans and
                                                           training for community development
                                                           credit unions.

  AR             Winrock International   \$199,920         Rural Development funds will be used
                                                           to continue funding the Arkansas
                                                           Rural Enterprise Center to build
                                                           capacity and provide technical
                                                           assistance to existing and
                                                           developing cooperative networks, to
                                                           support regional energy crop
                                                           activities with row crop farmers,
                                                           and to provide on-going cooperative
                                                           development assistance.

  AZ             Arizona State           \$199,467         Rural Development funds will be used
                 University                                to provide technical assistance to
                                                           new and existing cooperatives, with
                                                           emphasis on global competition,
                                                           biofuels, small and minority
                                                           populations via the Morrison School
                                                           of Management and Agribusiness at
                                                           the University.

  CA             California Center for   \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Cooperative Development                   to continue funding the California
                                                           Center for Cooperative Development
                                                           to provide technical assistance for
                                                           cooperative development. This will
                                                           be the Center's first year fully
                                                           operating as it own legal entity,
                                                           which started under the Yolo Mutual
                                                           Housing Association in fiscal year
                                                           2006.

  CO             Rocky Mountain Farmers  \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Union Educational and                     to continue funding the Rocky
                 Charitable Foundation                     Mountain Farmers Union Cooperative
                                                           Development Center, which provides
                                                           technical, financial, and
                                                           educational support for new
                                                           cooperative ventures.

  IL             Western Illinois        \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 University                                to continue funding the Illinois
                                                           Cooperative Development Center to
                                                           provide technical assistance to
                                                           three existing cooperatives and
                                                           three new cooperatives in the
                                                           industries of food production, food
                                                           retailing, fiber production and
                                                           processing, telecommunications, and
                                                           art.

  IN             Indiana Cooperative     \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Development Center,                       to continue funding the Center to
                 Inc.                                      provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives, including
                                                           grocery store cooperatives, housing
                                                           cooperatives, and renewable energy
                                                           cooperatives.

  KY             Kentucky Center for     \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Agriculture and Rural                     to continue funding the Center to
                 Development                               provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives, to
                                                           facilitate new economic
                                                           opportunities for agricultural and
                                                           rural businesses, to develop support
                                                           networks among providers, and to
                                                           promote rural business needs.

  MI             Michigan State          \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 University                                to continue funding the MSU Product
                                                           Center for Agriculture and Natural
                                                           Resources to provide technical
                                                           assistance to new and existing
                                                           cooperatives and to provide
                                                           executive training.

  MN             Northcountry            \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Cooperative Foundation                    to continue funding the Northcountry
                                                           Center for Cooperative Enterprise
                                                           and Innovation including the Mandan,
                                                           North Dakota, office to conduct
                                                           applied research, provide technical
                                                           assistance and training, lending
                                                           services, and other advisory
                                                           services for the purpose of
                                                           cooperative development.

  MS             Mississippi Association \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 of Cooperatives                           to continue funding the Center for
                                                           Cooperative Development, which will
                                                           provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives in
                                                           minority and limited-resource
                                                           communities.

  NC             North Carolina State    \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 University                                to establish the NCSC Resource
                                                           Center for Value Added and
                                                           Alternative Agriculture, which will
                                                           develop local market linkages and
                                                           provide technical assistance to
                                                           cooperatives in the fresh produce,
                                                           meats, aquaculture, and biofuels
                                                           industries.

  ND             North Dakota            \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Association of Rural                      to continue funding the Center to
                 Electric Cooperatives                     provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives,
                                                           particularly in the industries of
                                                           alternative energy, rural
                                                           cooperative housing, and dairy and
                                                           to provide education and training to
                                                           developing businesses.

  NE             Board of Regents,       \$199,961         Rural Development funds will be used
                 University of Nebraska-                   to continue funding the Nebraska
                 Lincoln                                   Cooperative Development Center to
                                                           provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives.

  OH             National Network of     \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Forest Practitioners                      to establish the Appalachian Forest
                                                           Resource Center to provide technical
                                                           assistance to new and existing
                                                           cooperatives, with emphasis on the
                                                           timber industry.

  OH             Ohio State University   \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Research Foundation                       to continue funding the Ohio
                                                           Cooperative Development Center to
                                                           provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives, with
                                                           emphasis in farmers\' markets and
                                                           food-based businesses, healthcare,
                                                           and manufacturing.

  PA             Keystone Development    \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Center, Inc.                              to continue funding the Center to
                                                           support the development of eight
                                                           cooperatives and to provide
                                                           technical assistance to other
                                                           individuals and businesses upon
                                                           request for the mid-Atlantic states.

  SC             South Carolina State    \$153,782         Rural Development funds will be used
                 University                                to continue funding the Center for
                                                           Rural Cooperative Business
                                                           Development to provide technical
                                                           assistance to new and existing
                                                           cooperatives in South Carolina.

  SD             Value-Added Agriculture \$195,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Development Center                        to continue funding the Center to
                                                           provide technical assistance to new
                                                           and existing cooperatives, with
                                                           emphasis in the areas of emerging
                                                           technology, food processing,
                                                           livestock enhancement, renewable
                                                           energy, specialty products, and
                                                           Native American business
                                                           opportunities.

  TX             University of Texas,    \$198,446         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Pan American                              to continue funding the Texas Rural
                                                           Cooperative Center to provide
                                                           technical assistance to small- to
                                                           mid-size Hispanic/minority
                                                           cooperatives and to develop
                                                           collaborative arrangements with
                                                           large non-agriculture cooperatives
                                                           with the objective of improving
                                                           economic conditions in rural South
                                                           Texas.

  VA             Virginia Foundation for \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Agriculture, Innovation                   to continue funding the Cooperative
                 & Rural Sustainability                    Development Center to facilitate and
                                                           coordinate technical and financial
                                                           assistance for the purpose of
                                                           cooperative and business
                                                           development.

  WA             Northwest Cooperative   \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Development Center                        to continue funding the Center to
                                                           promote, coordinate, and assist in
                                                           the development of cooperatives, to
                                                           support emerging industries, to
                                                           promote renewable resource
                                                           cooperative businesses, and to
                                                           develop new partnerships and
                                                           reinforce existing collaborative
                                                           efforts in the rural areas of the
                                                           Northwest.

  WI             Cooperative Development \$200,000         Rural Development funds will be used
                 Services Fund, Inc.                       to continue funding the Center to
                                                           provide project development
                                                           assistance and to conduct market
                                                           research, feasibility analysis,
                                                           business planning and governance
                                                           training for the purpose of
                                                           cooperative development in the Upper
                                                           Midwest.

  **Total**      **23**                  **\$4,546,576**   
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