Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Rural Development announces home repair investments in North Dakota. Through the Housing Preservation Grant Program, North ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has awarded $615,644 to support four projects in South Carolina. Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the United States Department of ...

Southwest Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative was awarded an $11 million loan for upgrades like substation improvements and ...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s plan to eliminate USDA’s office of undersecretary for rural development (RD) – currently reporting directly to the Secretary of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the availability of grants to help rural Kansans repair homes damaged by snowstorms or wildfires in 2022. USDA said the homes must be ...

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ to release $10.8 billion, which includes $2.5 billion in loan subsidies, ...

Find out if a home or location you are considering falls within the USDA's definition of "rural" and qualifies for a USDA ...

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...

HELENA, Mont. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana State Director Kathleen Williams announced an over $8.2 million grant to create economic and education opportunities in ...

Sens. Moran, Marshall and Rep. Mann Call on USDA to support farmers and rural communities impacted by Kansas wildfires.

In California’s Tulare County, the adjacent towns of Cutler and Orosi have long benefited from USDA rural development programs that have helped provide access to water and sewer systems and housing ...