Under this new directive, all USDA grant, cooperative agreement and mutual interest agreement programs will utilize the same terms and conditions, and award recipients and cooperators will only need to navigate 50 or less pages of requirements.

The USDA announced earlier this month it was ending a $3 billion program to help farmers use climate-friendly practices. (Preston Keres | USDA) In the first months of the administration of President Donald Trump, organizations working to keep Wisconsin’s ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Ohio State Director Charles Tassell announced recently nearly $1 million in grant funding for 12 projects through the agency’s Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program.

Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat in Kress, Texas. Funding freezes threaten to halt the $11 billion dedicated to two land conservation funds allocated in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (AP ...

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, between grant awards and obligated congressional ...

The Agriculture Department is reviewing 15 of its programs amid ongoing Trump Administration scrutiny over spending, according to a list provided to Agri-Pulse on Thursday by Senate Ag Committee ranking member Amy Klobuchar's office. Among the programs ...

Iowa farmers and institutions lost an estimated $11.3 million in federal funding to support the purchase of locally raised foods, following the recent termination of two U.S. Department of Agriculture programs.Video above: Iowa farmer reacts to USDA ...

PITTSBURGH — As the founder of a local food startup negotiating a full range of small business challenges, Simon Huntley knows a warning sign when he sees one. After his Lawrenceville-based Harvie was approved for a $1 million grant from the United ...

PNW will receive $292,000 over four years from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture through an initiative meant to attract students from underrepresented groups to agricultural-related programs and support them. In total, over $15 million is being awarded to 19 Hispanic-Serving Institutions across 10 states.