Agriculture
USDA sets October interest rates for farm loans
Direct operating loans carry a 5.375% rate, while direct ownership rates vary by financing type; storage loans range from 4.5% to 5%.
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Treasury says federal payment checks screened $3.7 trillion in FY2026
The department says new verification controls returned about 13,500 payments totaling $175 million that would have gone to deceased people.
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NASA advances PRIMA far-infrared telescope
NASA selected PRIMA as the first mission in its new Probe Explorers astrophysics class and moved it into Phase B, which advances preliminary design and technology development.
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Granite-Super JV wins $324.8 million Big Creek Tunnel contract in Cleveland
The joint venture of Granite and Super Excavators was awarded a contract valued at about $324.8 million by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District for the Big Creek Tunnel in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Black & Veatch completes Mitsui’s 150 MW DC Three W Solar plant in Texas
Black & Veatch said on 29 September 2026 that Three W Solar, a 150 MW DC (110 MW AC) facility near Hillsboro, Texas, reached substantial completion and received ERCOT approval to connect to the grid.
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Skanska wins $271.2 million Coast Guard pier contract at Newport
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic awarded Skanska USA Civil Northeast a $271.2 million contract for a U.S. Coast Guard cutter homeport pier at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island.
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Parsons wins $85 million owner’s advisor deal for Space Command HQ in Alabama
Parsons said Army Contracting Command – Rock Island selected it to provide Owner’s Advisor support for U.S. Space Command’s new headquarters at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, under an initial $85 million agreement.
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Technip Energies, Sasol and Topsoe selected for SkyNRG’s Washington SAF FEED
SkyNRG said on 28 September 2026 it selected Technip Energies, Sasol and Topsoe for initial engineering in the FEED phase of Project Wigeon, a planned sustainable aviation fuel facility at the Port of Walla Walla, Washington.
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Tecnimont USA signs FEED contract for Argent LNG export facility in Louisiana
MAIRE said on 28 September 2026 that Tecnimont USA signed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Argent LNG for its planned 25 MTPA export facility at Port Fourchon, Louisiana.
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Alabama gives Kiewit Massman Traylor notice to proceed on Mobile River Bridge
ALDOT issued a notice to proceed on 25 September 2026 to the Kiewit Massman Traylor design-build team for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, which the governor’s office put at $3.2 billion in construction cost.
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Clark Construction continues TX-1 build as TRISO-X completes Oak Ridge structure
TRISO-X said on 24 September 2026 that vertical construction of its 214,000-square-foot TX-1 nuclear fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is complete, with Clark Construction Group continuing as contractor.
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USACE awards Walsh $169.4 million Fort Worth North Bypass Channel contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District awarded Walsh Construction Company II a $169,431,703 firm-fixed-price contract to build the North Bypass Channel of the Central City flood risk project.
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