(Washington, D.C., January 19, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today unveiled the Lender Lens on the Rural Data Gateway. This dashboard will make Rural ...

An aerial view in April shows construction of a 93-bed addition to Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake, Iowa. A $25 million loan, offered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

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, ...

The “ Emergency Rural Water Response Act ,” from Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Jon Husted (R-Ohio), would expand ...

In 2025, USAID — the previous home of Food for Peace — was eliminated through an executive order. Oversight of the Food for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The announcement continues a concerning trend of partisanship within the USDA, hurting its credibility and harming our ...

WASHINGTON — In a Senate hearing on energy and economic growth for rural America, U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) urged continuation of economic development programs in the Department of Agriculture ...

Hickory Hill Dairy in Edgefield, South Carolina, was able to start bottling its milk after receiving a Value-Added Producer Grant from USDA. (Hickory Hill photo) When the Cordi family lost nearly 70% ...

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap what it calls "discriminatory" regulations that block rural churches and religious non-profits ...

ICF International Inc. will continue to assist the Agriculture Department’s Rural Development Housing Voucher Demonstration Program under a $12 million recompete contract. ICF International Inc. will ...