For many rural homeowners on a fixed income, a leaking roof or a failing furnace is more than an inconvenience; it can be life altering.   The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural ...

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, ...

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 ...

Growing businesses from the ground up in rural Oklahoma can be difficult, but at Rural Development, we have programs designed to help our brightest entrepreneurs. As program director for one of the ...

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In a groundbreaking move to support rural communities, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has awarded a $100,000 grant to Syncurrent, a startup leveraging artificial intelligence to help ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa communities and agriculture producers were awarded millions of dollars in grant funding. (Visualizaton via Canva, photos by ...

Farmers and ranchers in the Woodward area can now apply for the USDA Value-Added Producer Grant. These grants help turn raw farm products into new, higher-value products, like jams, cheese, grass-fed ...

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 businesses in Acadiana could receive more technological and expert support with a $200,000 grant. The Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise Center, or LITE, in partnership with the ...