STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WAOW) - The Timber Professionals Cooperative Enterprises (TPCE) is set to revitalize a sawmill in Shawano County with an $800,000 loan from the USDA Rural Development's Timber ...

Glen Smith told senators that threats against rural critical infrastructure scare “the bejeebus out of” him and he won’t ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has awarded $615,644 to support four projects in South Carolina. Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the United States Department of ...

Glencoe officials see acceptance into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Program as a “game changer” for the city. It achieved that status effective Oct. 1, at the start of Fiscal ...

The federal funding package to reopen the government included a one-year extension of certain 2018 Farm Bill programs.

An APHIS Veterinarian inspecting a goat on a farm in Maryland. (USDA photo) Groups pushing for more help from the federal government to address the country’s shortage of rural veterinarians are ...

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 ...

Rural hospitals survive longer if they receive financial assistance from USDA’s Community Facilities loan and grant program, according to a study by USDA’s Economic Research Service. Hospitals that ...

An Atlantic man nominated by President Donald Trump for USDA Rural Development Under Secretary made his case and answered ...

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 ...

Rural communities have been overlooked — or actively harmed — by federal policy. The Rural Policy Action Report shows a ...

The appropriations bill passed Wednesday contains several provisions that could impact the agency’s plans to move staff and ...