COLBY – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Kansas State Director Gimmie Jo Jansonius participated in a ...

When Chad Raines took over his family’s Texas cotton farm in 2008, he thought the going would be easy. That’s because their first year was relatively profitable — but the success was short-lived. “The ...

New Resource Makes It Easier for People to Access Data on Rural Development funded Projects in Rural Communities January 19, 2026 (Washington, D.C.) -- ...

In communities where agriculture is central to local identity and economy, opposition to wind and solar projects is reshaping the pace and location of energy investments.

The funding is aimed to support the launch of a one-year workforce training initiative that will focus on plumbing career education, and expand access to credentialed training for the incarcerated and ...

New York farmers are under increasing economic and financial pressure because of federal policy changes, including higher ...

Berlin received $1.4M in federal funding to launch a new Flower Street community center supporting families, education, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the project, which includes both a hospital and a rural health care clinic, more ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Director for Kentucky Travis Burton visited Better for Butchery in Princeton ...

Federal changes to a Biden-era policy that supports transitions to organic agriculture will remove important resources for ...

The Agriculture Department's Rural Business-Cooperative Service has put a 90-day pause on accepting loan note guarantees for projects involving biodigesters and controlled environment agriculture, ...