Rural small and medium sized businesses are an integral part of local economies and communities and essential to our nation’s prosperity. They generate employment, create wealth that stays in the community, and contribute to both economic and leadership development.

The program will feature an in-depth interview with two successful rural small business exporters.

This will be followed by an overview of some of the variety of programs and services that can support your business expansion.

No and low-cost resources available to rural businesses include:
*Business planning assistance
*Support for accessing working capital to support domestic and/or foreign sales
*A grant program that can help open or expand global market opportunities
*Customized market research
*Credit guarantees to encourage financing of commercial exports of U.S. agricultural products
*Website globalization