USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of ...

Rep. Mike Sexton, R-Rockwell City, will leave his position in the state Legislature to head Iowa’s Rural Development office ...

A group representing Farm Service Agency county committees said local offices are already critically understaffed.

Carroll Township completed its fiber broadband project, bringing high-speed internet to hundreds of rural homes.

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...

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 ...

Significant cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture by the Trump administration have reduced staff working locally for the Rural Development program, including in New Mexico and a former USDA ...

State Rep. Mike Sexton, a Republican from Rockwell City, has resigned from the Iowa House to serve as Iowa state director of USDA Rural Development.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding $1.48 million in grants to Kansas business owners to increase the availability of domestic biofuels. The USDA Rural ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Today, USDA Rural Development held a workshop in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. State Director Kyle Wilkens addressed the group on Wednesday, April 10, helping attendees better ...

United States Department of Agriculture State Director for Rural Development Armando Valdez recently announced that USDA is awarding two grants to Colorado entities through the USDA Rural Energy for ...

The United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program assisted rural Missouri with a record $445 million during fiscal year 2001. This number is up 170 percent from last year, ...