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  "path": "/news/25052026/usda-biogas-digester-loan-pause/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T08:55:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Justice & Health",
    "Agricultural Waste",
    "Agriculture",
    "Biodigesters",
    "biogas",
    "CAFOs",
    "California",
    "concentrated animal feeding operations",
    "dairy biogas",
    "dairy digesters",
    "Department of Agriculture",
    "farming",
    "Farms",
    "Iowa",
    "manure",
    "Methane",
    "methane emissions",
    "North Carolina",
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  "textContent": "The federal government’s pause on new loans for anaerobic digesters, the controversial method of converting animal manure from large-scale feeding operations into biogas, will now extend through the end of the year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture explained the move in financial terms, saying digester projects had “significant delinquency rates and realized losses.” Digesters are […]",
  "title": "USDA Extends Pause on Loans for Controversial Digesters That Turn Manure Into Biogas"
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