Basil Goodwin, a former Virginia agriculture secretary who has been directing state operations for USDA Rural Development for the past two years, was nominated Monday by President Joe Biden to be the ...

The project will double the plant's treatment capacity, giving Mulberry an additional 1 million gallons of water capacity.

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, ...

Last year, 2025, was the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) affordable rural housing programs.

Local government officials, economic development leaders and housing personnel gathered at Northeastern Junior College’s Applied Technology Campus on Tuesday for a discussion on affordable housing and ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the housing finance industry navigates governmental changes and shifting market dynamics, Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (“CSG”), a real estate and renewable ...

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 ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WEAU) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is announcing it is accepting applications for Rural Business Development Grants. According to a press release from ...

FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack came to Minnesota on Aug. 28 bearing gifts in the form of rural development. "We're announcing over $800 million for a number of different programs ...

The USDA Rural Development is a lifeline to economically depressed rural towns where Trump is popular but the Trump Administration has damaged the agency. It's been a turbulent couple of months at the ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Reductions in staff and office closures loom ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...