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, ...

According to a 2025 article published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the share of residents at prime working ages (25 to 54), remains especially low for rural counties. Meanwhile, the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

USDA Rural Development is investing $351,000 in five West Virginia projects to boost food access, small-business growth and rural economic development.

Former State Rep. Michael Cabell of Butler Twp. is the new director of Rural Development for Pennsylvania, a federal agency that in the past 12 years provided $10.6 billion to the state for home loans ...

The USDA Rural Development office in Stevens Point may relocate after Sept. 30, 2025. The lease termination is part of a cost-saving review by the Department of Government Efficiency. No jobs will be ...