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 ...

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, ...

But the Section 502 program has faced scrutiny in the past year after a Bangor Daily News and ProPublica investigation found ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal officials are using National Homeownership Month to spotlight programs aimed at helping more rural residents buy, build and repair homes across New York. USDA Rural Development New York State ...

USDA Rural Development is investing $764,000 in Lakota Funds to finance home loans for Native American families on the Pine ...

A congressional directive to spend $3 million on rural grants to “socially disadvantaged” farmers and business owners may not go far. Just as the fight over federal grants canceled in the last fiscal ...

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 ...

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 ...

USDA marks 90 years since the Rural Electrification Act, highlighting $10.4 billion in recent RUS investments to strengthen rural electric infrastructure nationwide.

The federal Department of Agriculture is offering grants to help people who live and work in Alaska’s rural areas reduce their energy costs. The program is available to rural farmers, small business ...