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 ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday by announcing support for projects to improve rural water and wastewater services and energy resources, ...

A $1 million loan from United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development to the Panhandle Rural Electric Membership Association, announced Monday by officials from both organizations, will ...

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (“CSG”), a real estate and renewable energy financial services company, is pleased to announce the closing of Mountain Glen, a 56-unit ...

Rural bankers are passing up free money from the government, and two government agencies want that to change. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Business and Industry Loan program provides ...

FREEPORT, Ill. — A last-minute exception from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) allows Freeport to continue receiving critical housing resources. Announced by Congressman Eric Sorenson (IL-17) on ...

Q Maryland: What can you tell me about the Department of Agriculture's rural housing program? I know to qualify you must have good credit with an income below the average for your area. A Most people ...

USDA rural home loans (often called USDA Rural Development loans) remain fully available in 2025 for Maryland homebuyers. These mortgages offer 100% financing (no down payment) with competitive ...

As world events have people in business, government and economic development contemplating the tension between energy independence and sustainability, it’s worth exploring how creative financing can ...

BRAINERD, Minn. — As President Barack Obama was moving into his new office, Minnesota’s USDA Rural Development director Steve Wenzel was moving out of his. Wenzel, a former state legislator from ...

Vilsack said that the Barnes Rural Water District in Valley City has been awarded a loan of $1.8 million to improve its water distribution system and expand. In Minnesota, this round of projects ...