The Agriculture Department will pause grant awards for the Rural Energy for America program until it finishes updating ...

USDA said it won't accept grant applications on the rural energy program until new limits on renewable energy are in place.

At the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference today, U.S. Department of Agriculture Administrator for the Rural Business and Cooperative Service J.R. Claeys announced the U.S. Department of ...

On March 31, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Business Cooperative Service announced a halt to all awards for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) ...

Following through on President Trump’s recent executive order to remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is modernizing its rural housing programs to increase efficiency for lenders and ...

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, ...

A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at making it easier for people living in rural areas to buy ...

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ to release $10.8 billion, which includes $2.5 billion in loan subsidies, ...

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...

USDA Rural Development Iowa State Director Mike Sexton announced Monday over $5.2 million in funding for three projects in ...