The USDA home loan application process can take a bit longer than usual. Here are the steps it takes, from beginning to end.

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s plan to eliminate USDA’s office of undersecretary for rural development (RD) – currently reporting directly to the Secretary of ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 6, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will receive loan and grant assistance to create jobs ...

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to scrap what it calls ...

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 ...

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ to release $10.8 billion, which includes $2.5 billion in loan subsidies, ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — The Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) has awarded $615,644 to support four projects in South Carolina. Tom Vilsack, the secretary of the United States Department of ...

One of the most under-reported stories of 2025–the departure of more than 20,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making more than $8 million in grants and loans to rural Iowa cities for improvements ...

This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $110 million in grants to improve the infrastructure of hospitals and clinics in rural communities. According to the administration, the ...

The USDA grant will help fund the creation of the Rural Economic Development and Innovation, or REDI, Initiative, which will ...