WBIW

USDA Rural Development announces actions to better serve rural America

Rural Development Mission Area announced a modernization and restructuring effort to strengthen customer service, improve ...
Agri-Pulse

Some farmers could lose expected funds under REAP program pause, experts say

Workers install solar panels at Littlestown Veterinary Hospital in Littlestown, Pa., in 2010. The project was funded in part through the Rural Energy for America Program. (USDA photo by Julie Holland) ...
WNCT

ECU joins professional development program for rural leaders

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 ...

Kent County program pays farmers to preserve their farmland

A Kent County program is hoping to preserve farmland through payouts to local farmers. The Purchase Development Rights (PDR) ...
AOL

USDA Rural Development program offer assistance to residents, business owners

Jun. 9—RED WING — Need help buying that first home? Updating a business? The USDA has some solutions. The United States Department of Agriculture has opened its Rural Development program for residents ...
The Times Leader

Rural Home Buyers Program Is Nearly Broke

Lisa Kartak stands in front of the home she purchased in Annandale, Minn., through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. The federal loan program that has helped hundreds of ...

USDA highlights Mainers who have bought homes under program that has drawn scrutiny

But the Section 502 program has faced scrutiny in the past year after a Bangor Daily News and ProPublica investigation found ...
AG Week

USDA Rural Development North Dakota Director Tom Campbell talks programs, budget and projects

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 ...