Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Three environmental groups sued federal agencies over a Collier County development, citing threats to the Florida panther.

Federal funds will help a Siouxland cooperative with rural economic development. North West Rural Electric Cooperative ...

AscendRural, which funds and facilitates rural pilots for tech startups, today announced a new collaborative partnership with research and data source the Center for Rural Policy & Development (CRPD), ...

Iowa State University, alongside cooperatives and businesses throughout Iowa, have received federal funding to support ...

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

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 ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

According to a 2025 article published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the share of residents at prime working ...

Stating that the Telangana Institute of Rural Development is home to numerous experts, Panchayat Raj Minister Danasari ...

Over the past decade, the strengthening of data systems has significantly improved governance, especially at the grassroots.