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 ...

Areas served by USDA’s Rural Partners Network are set to benefit from a wide array of federal programs as the department rolls out almost $400 million to address long-standing poverty in the regions.

This opinion column was submitted by Lucas Ingvoldstad, Nevada state director of USDA Rural Development. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced the single largest investment in rural ...

Jun. 9—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 ...

COLUMBIA, — The USDA has announced that it's ready to accept applications to help regional rural communities fund special projects. Strategic Economic and Community Development (SECD) money will be ...

Glencoe officials see acceptance into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Program as a “game changer” for the city. It achieved that status effective Oct. 1, at the start of Fiscal ...

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 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture plays many roles in supporting Kansas farmers and families. One way is their Rural Development programs. Gimmie Jo Jansonius was appointed State ...

LANCASTER — Thanks to a USDA Rural Development program and dozens of volunteers, Corinne Comeau now has a home that is both safer and more sound, and will soon be filled with the aroma of spaghetti ...

Iowa communities and agriculture producers were awarded millions of dollars in grant funding. (Visualizaton via Canva, photos by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom and Getty Images) Through several ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The United States Department of Agriculture has chosen Kansas as one of 25 states and U.S. territories to participate in a new pilot program. Many contractors require a 50% ...