Agri-Pulse

USDA's Rural Development called critical for communities

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of ...
WICS

USDA announces $1 million loan to expand disability services in rural Illinois

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development (RD) has announced a $1 million loan to the Wabash Telephone ...
Agri-Pulse

USDA rural programs lose staff, endangering delivery of services

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, ...
Montana Public Radio

Briefs: Medicaid work requirements; wildfire mitigation; hepatitis C; Rural development

Public comment period opens for proposed Medicaid work requirements. Chippewa Cree Tribe awarded $2.5 million for hepatitis C ...
The Fence Post

USDA expands efforts to strengthen rural food animal veterinary workforce

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a commitment to new actions (PDF, 1.2 MB) to increase the number of ...