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 of ...

Both Democratic and Republican senators are pushing for simplified USDA Rural Development program applications, saying the current process is so arduous it favors those who can afford to hire grant ...

Blake Veeneman inspects a casting at Port City Group’s Port City Castings Corporation in Muskegon, Michigan, in this 2011 photo. Port City Group expanded employment after receiving two Rural Business ...

Representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture attended a groundbreaking in Southside recently, but it had nothing to do with putting crops in the ground. The groundbreaking was for Southside's ...

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 ...

Amanda Burke will be based in the agency’s state office in Bangor. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and mortgage lending, Burke leads a team of 13 Rural Development housing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eight rural Maine communities will be able to advance projects to build or improve their renewable energy infrastructure, thanks to a $7,464,060 investment by the federal government. The funding comes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayor Dana Snyder spoke to those gathered Nov. 16 for groundbreaking at the new Southside Fire Station, as USDA Alabama Director ...