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 ...

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 ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

In California’s Tulare County, the adjacent towns of Cutler and Orosi have long benefited from USDA rural development programs that have helped provide access to water and sewer systems and housing ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

ural development globally faces interconnected challenges, including poverty, food insecurity and lack of economic opportunities, inadequate infrastructure and the impacts of climate change. These ...

Telangana's 2026-27 budget allocates ₹33,688 crore to rural development, prioritizing employment and infrastructure growth in villages.

Discover how the eThekwini Municipality is leveraging the cannabis and hemp sector to drive economic growth and rural development in Durban, with a new pilot programme ...