Basil Goodwin, a former Virginia agriculture secretary who has been directing state operations for USDA Rural Development for the past two years, was nominated Monday by President Joe Biden to be the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WVNS) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched the Lender Lens Dashboard. According to a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden today unveiled the Lender Lens on the ...

FARGO — In honor of Earth Day, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development held a virtual panel with North Dakota REAP Grant recipients Tuesday, April 18. For more than 80 years, the USDA has ...

The USDA Rural Development is a lifeline to economically depressed rural towns where Trump is popular but the Trump Administration has damaged the agency. It's been a turbulent couple of months at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Reductions in staff and office closures loom ...