program —is managed by the USDA’s Rural Development arm. The department provides grants and low-cost loans to farmers, small businesses, and rural electric cooperatives to expand electrification and ...

As thousands of employees depart USDA, one area hit particularly hard is the Rural Development mission, which facilitates ...

A university researcher says the impact of losing USDA agricultural research would be enormous for U.S. farmers and global ...

“Churchill has a long-standing partnership with USDA Rural Development, and we’re actively originating and closing loans through the program right now.” Recent developments in the housing ...

Since 2012, USDA Rural Development appropriated over $415 million in funding for drinking water and wastewater facilities in Idaho. Since 2020, the agency has obligated on average, 295% of the ...

One of those junctures came earlier last month when Glendenning retired from his position as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the USDA’s ... programs.” Rural Development operates more than 50 ...

is reaffirming its strong support of the USDA Rural Development Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program, which remains fully operational and active for new business.

The rule seeks to bolster housing supply in rural areas by addressing the supply shortage in a different way than site-built ...

This new program would require 60% of Community Development Financial Institutions’ (CDFIs’) loans and investments to go to rural areas.” Key USDA housing programs that would receive zero 2026 funding ...

Maxwell will serve as Mississippi's rural ... grant and administrative programs. “I’m grateful and honored to be appointed by President Trump as the State Director for USDA Rural Development ...