A wave of new data center construction is shifting away from cities and into rural America, signaling a major change in how ...

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, ...

Northwest Rural Electric Cooperative obtained a $1 million pass-through loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural ...

Three environmental groups sued federal agencies over a Collier County development, citing threats to the Florida panther.

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.

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 ...

AscendRural, which funds and facilitates rural pilots for tech startups, today announced a new collaborative partnership with research and data source the Center for Rural Policy & Development (CRPD), ...

According to a 2025 article published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the share of residents at prime working ...

USDA Rural Development is investing $351,000 in five West Virginia projects to boost food access, small-business growth and ...

When agricultural machinery accidents occur, immediate alerts are sent to the 119 emergency center, and drones for hornet’s ...

Over the past decade, the strengthening of data systems has significantly improved governance, especially at the grassroots.