Following through on President Trump’s recent executive order to remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

USDA is distributing more than $1.2 billion through seven Rural Development programs to cooperatives for projects ranging from health care to utility infrastructure. The investment will support 112 ...

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, ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University is now part of North Carolina Commerce’s Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program. The program provides professional development training for leaders of local ...

Without a budget compromise, major portions of the Farm Bill will expire on September 30, 2023. A small but important part of the bill is Rural Development, which helps communities with broadband, ...

Amanda Burke will be based in the agency’s state office in Bangor. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and mortgage lending, Burke leads a team of 13 Rural Development housing ...

Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building in Washington, D.C. houses the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (USDA photo by Lance Cheung) With the economic development landscape rapidly evolving, especially as a ...

Glencoe officials see acceptance into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Program as a “game changer” for the city. It achieved that status effective Oct. 1, at the start of Fiscal ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in ...