Both Democratic and Republican senators are pushing for simplified USDA Rural Development program applications, saying the current process is so arduous it favors those who can afford to hire grant ...

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 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.

Rural communities across Ohio face no shortage of challenges. From aging infrastructure and limited broadband access to tight ...

Rural cooperatives are the backbone of this nation’s many critical infrastructure projects and provide essential services that people in the U.S. rely on to thrive. Cooperatives are people-centered ...

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, ...

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 of local ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building in Washington D. C. is only one of many in a complicated network of federal agencies that run rural development programs. (Source:Wikipedia) The ...

RED WING — Need help buying that first home? Updating a business? The USDA has some solutions. The United States Department of Agriculture has opened its Rural Development program for residents of ...

Rhiannon Hampson has been named Maine director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Program, replacing Timothy Hobbs, who served as state director under the Trump administration.