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, ...

As health-care workforce shortages deepen nationwide, many of the most practical, scalable solutions are emerging not from large urban systems, but from rural communities willing to rethink how talent ...

Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously voted 7-0 on Thursday night to advance a controversial development plan in ...

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 ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

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.

The Daily Yonder reports fears of farmland loss hinder renewable energy growth in rural areas, despite potential benefits for farmers.

Temporary pandemic-era changes helped a lot. Continuing revival requires systems calibrated to rural scale rather than to ...

Piim's bankruptcy through MES loans, as the dairy plant struggles but seeks to continue production, MP Urmas Kruuse finds.

Efforts in Barton County may offer a blueprint for solving a housing shortage across Kansas. The county commission has tapped economic development funds and other resources to help housing ...