USDA wants to hear from the public on its plans to create a new Rural Renewable Energy Pilot Program. The fiscal 2021 spending gives USDA $10 million for a pilot program that would provide financial ...

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 ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Florida on Friday to discuss a U.S. Department of Agriculture pilot loan program that could help tens of thousands of rural homeowners in 19 states. The ...

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 ...

(KLFY) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an 86 million dollar investment toward improving equitable access to jobs, business opportunities, education, housing, and health care for ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WAOW) - The Timber Professionals Cooperative Enterprises (TPCE) is set to revitalize a sawmill in ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that USDA is awarding $266 million in loans and grants to agriculture producers and rural small businesses to make investments in renewable ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WIBW) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is implementing the OneRD Guarantee Loan Initiative which encourages private investments in rural communities. The U.S. Department of ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The USDA has highlighted record levels of investment in 2020 to build rural American prosperity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Undersecretary for 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 ...

A new USDA grant program aims to elevate rural communities across the nation with grants of up to $2 million. The Rural Innovation Stronger Economy Grant Program is offering grants of up to $2 million ...