The U.S. Department of Agriculture is taking steps to advance the Trump Administration's commitment to unleashing American ...

USDA Rural Development chief Glen Smith defended lower rural housing loan spending and new REAP renewable-energy rules, citing stronger oversight and modernization, while critics argued the changes ...

Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

A coalition of farmers, a solar company, grant consultants and agricultural and energy groups are suing the Agriculture ...

In a wide-ranging telephone interview on Friday, Agriculture Undersecretary for Rural Development Glen Smith defended the Trump administration’s handling of a key rural housing program and the solar ...

Local government officials, economic development leaders and housing personnel gathered at Northeastern Junior College’s Applied Technology Campus on Tuesday for a discussion on affordable housing and ...

Internal emails show a department administrator stating “let’s let the comms shop find . . . the rationale behind their statistics” when asked to substantiate anti-solar claims underpinning the ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator Karl Elmshaeuser announced today ...

Funding Will Modernize Educational Infrastructure, Reaching More Than 14,000 Rural Students and 1,900 Educators Across 12 Counties (Stevens Point, Wis., October 7, 2026) — U.S. Department of ...

The lawsuit alleges that USDA changes made to the Rural Energy for America Program, or REAP, during the Trump administration ...

USDA and HUD Historic MOU Establishes a Framework for Collaboration Across Federal Housing Programs ...

American farmers are suing the USDA over its elimination of the 'socially disadvantaged' farmer designation, arguing the ...