A 4th Wave of Economic Development offers rural America an opportunity to elevate its image through investments in ...

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’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

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.

According to a 2025 article published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the share of residents at prime working ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $351,000 investment in rural business development in the Mountain State. The ...

Three environmental groups sued federal agencies over a Collier County development, citing threats to the Florida panther.

U.S.D.A. Rural Development recently approve around four million dollars in grants for stations to add infrastructure for ...

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 ...