Following through on President Trump’s recent executive order to remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched a technical assistance program for water infrastructure in early ...

The Agriculture Department’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service has announced it will extend its pause on loan guarantees for ...

Groups slammed the White House’s proposed budget, which they said would weaken the nation’s health and the farm economy.

The USDA has awarded $2 million to two processors in Maryland and Illinois to expand capacity for processing invasive, ...

The proposed budget, released April 3, includes a $1.5 trillion request for defense spending and proposes cutting about $660 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Low-income Americans in rural areas can struggle to pay market-rate rents. mphillips007/iStock via Getty Images Plus The high cost ...

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition says USDA’s proposed FY2027 budget would cut more than $2B and eliminate ...

The Agriculture Department will pause grant awards for the Rural Energy for America program until it finishes updating ...

On March 31, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Business Cooperative Service announced a halt to all awards for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) ...

Ten senators, including Utah’s John Curtis, say that changes to a USDA program make it “less efficient and may leave families in our states without a path to homeownership.” ...

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn't limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...