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 ...

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.

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, ...

This year, Congress is charged with passing the next iteration of the farm bill. If the broad suite of programs within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are not reauthorized by the ...

A hallmark of Colorado’s 8th Congressional District is agricultural lands increasingly surrounded and sometimes overtaken by growing, urbanizing communities. Mayors, county commissioners and city ...

In 2014, Mesa County was losing a lot of its workforce to the Front Range, even though the state and national economies were doing well. That dilemma led to the creation of the statewide Rural ...

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2023—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$345 million loan that supports China’s global public goods agenda by promoting the greening of agriculture ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multiple U.S. counties do not have regulatory ground-based air quality monitors. Pulmonologists and patients ...