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.

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

Northwest Rural Electric Cooperative obtained a $1 million pass-through loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

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 ...

Three environmental groups sued federal agencies over a Collier County development, citing threats to the Florida panther.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Illinois State Director Jesus Ortega announced EJ Water Cooperative, Inc ...

Former State Rep. Michael Cabell of Butler Twp. is the new director of Rural Development for Pennsylvania, a federal agency that in the past 12 years provided $10.6 billion to the state for home loans ...

Efforts in Barton County may offer a blueprint for solving a housing shortage across Kansas. The county commission has tapped economic development funds and other resources to help housing ...