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, ...

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, ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development West Virginia State Director John Reisenweber has announced that ...

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.

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in ...

President Donald Trump is proposing to slash non-defense spending by nearly 23% in a fiscal 2026 budget that recommends a $5 billion cut to USDA programs, including agricultural research, ...

A rural development researcher says the 2026 Farm Bill should expand support for housing, broadband and other non-farm needs.

Amanda Burke will be based in the agency’s state office in Bangor. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and mortgage lending, Burke leads a team of 13 Rural Development housing ...

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 ...