Funding and Grants

USDA Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan

USDA Business and Industry (B&I) Guaranteed Loan is a federal funding program available in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. USDA-guaranteed lender loans for rural businesses to acquire, construct, expand, or capitalize, saving or creating rural jobs.

LevelFederal
AdministratorUSDA Rural Development (Rural Business-Cooperative Service)
Who can applyRural Areas and Towns up to 50,000 Population (All Scotts Bluff County Qualifies)

Check which parcels qualify on the map See all funding programs

Who qualifies

The project is in a city or town of not more than 50,000 population (Scotts Bluff County qualifies).
The borrower is a for-profit or nonprofit business, cooperative, tribe, public body, or individual in business; the loan saves or creates rural jobs.

This program is available throughout Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska.

Funding terms

Loan guarantee (USDA guarantees a private lender's loan); rate negotiated lender-to-borrower; annual renewal fee about 0.55 percent of outstanding principal.

What you need to apply

Business Plan and Financials
Lender Application for the USDA Guarantee

The rule behind this program

Every eligibility statement on this page traces to first-party authority (corpus version 2026.06).

Program Guidance: USDA B&I Guaranteed Loan Program

Need help applying? Build Scotts Bluff offers lending coordination for Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. See lending coordination services.

Advisory only. Eligibility is a deterministic read of public program rules as of the cited corpus version and is not legal advice or a guarantee of funding; every determination must be reviewed against the live program and counsel.