Another program in high demand, according to Moul and Kelley Messenger, business programs specialist for the central Nebraska Rural Development office in Kearney, is the Rural Energy for America ...

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.

Farm bill provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act strengthened parts of the farm safety net, but reconciliation ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University is now part of North Carolina Commerce’s Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program. The program provides professional development training for leaders of local ...