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, ...

The Government Accountability Office released a report calling for USDA and EPA to improve how they support rural communities ...

Although buying a home has become increasingly more difficult as prices continue to rise, a new partnership between the ...

Rural Development Mission Area announced a modernization and restructuring effort to strengthen customer service, improve ...

The 2024 budget news is not so good for USDA rural housing, with all but three programs receiving cuts from FY 2023 levels. HUD programs did better but also received some cuts. Especially severe is a ...

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the cuts are coming when other federal food programs are at risk. The U.S.

Allocore will help USDA streamline loan and grant delivery, improve operations, and reduce administrative complexity ...

As Missouri State Director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA Rural Development), I live and breathe all things within my agency all day, every day. For most people ...

These no-down payment mortgages are for low- and moderate-income homebuyers in designated rural areas.

Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that ...

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers have long struggled to ...