As part of President Trump’s March 13 executive order Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction, the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the Rural Housing ...

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 regional food system partnership that is part of the USDA's LAMP received a mere $4.7 million in grants to seven projects, spread across 10 states. The post USDA pays lip service to local food ...

Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that ...

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, ...

As Missouri State Director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA Rural Development), I live and breathe all things within my agency all day, every day. For most people ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the housing finance industry navigates governmental changes and shifting market dynamics, Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (“CSG”), a real estate and renewable ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The United States Department of Agriculture has chosen Kansas as one of 25 states and U.S. territories to participate in a new pilot program. Many contractors require a 50% ...

BURLINGTON, VT, UNITED STATES, March 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In recognition of National Biobased Products Day on March 8, NutriHarvest ®, a USDA Rural ...

The new facility allows for better athletic training opportunities and will be a resource for physical education programs.

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...