The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week announced who will take over as Louisiana’s state director for rural development ...

The next round of applications for the USDA Value-Added Producer Grants program opens on January 15 th, with a deadline for ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former State District 37 state representative Troy Romero has been appointed as state director for Rural Development in ...

One rural farm business assistance organization has received a grant to continue building a local food supply after funding ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 6, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will receive loan and grant assistance to create jobs ...

None of these facts nor any of their impacts on American farmers and ranchers are "expected to deter the Trump administration as it reshapes," said USDA in the report.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making more than $8 million in grants and loans to rural Iowa cities for improvements to water and safety.