In Barren County, the community came together to honor local farmers, with help from two special guests: Ag Commissioner Jonathan Shell and the USDA Director of Rural Development for Kentucky. “We’re ...

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, ...

President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to cut new funding for a housing grant that many rural areas rely on to ...

Rural Development is an agency that provides loan funding and grants for critical infrastructure like broadband and water, rural energy, electricity, and cybersecurity. Essentially, the programs ...

The programs at Rural Development work, Small said, because people in rural communities are the ones who determine the needs and how to make projects work. “We've got lots of different tools.

The USDA Rural Development office of Southeast Minnesota held a summit Wednesday to discuss federally funded loan programs that can help home and property owners in rural communities across the ...

Both Democratic and Republican senators pushed for simpler Rural Development program applications in a hearing Tuesday, saying the current process is arduous and favors those who hire grant ...

President Trump’s proposed fiscal 2026 federal budget outline, released on May 2, proposes deep cuts and many outright eliminations for housing and other programs serving rural America.

Since the beginning of FY 2021, Rural Development invested $600 million in Maine single-family housing, offering flexible terms, no down payment and sometimes subsidize payments.

Its Rural Development programs offer grants, direct or guaranteed loans and technical assistance to individuals and communities for housing, business or cooperative development, energy savings ...

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 ...

Rural Development works hard to consistently create a more resilient, secure and sustainable economy for rural Missourians. For example, during Round One and Two of our ReConnect Program, Rural ...