Amanda Burke will be based in the agency’s state office in Bangor. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and mortgage lending, Burke leads a team of 13 Rural Development housing ...

Explore the history, functions, and challenges of the Farmers Home Administration, a former USDA agency created to help farmers and rural communities secure financing.

CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the housing finance industry navigates governmental changes and shifting market dynamics, Churchill Stateside Group, LLC (“CSG”), a real estate and renewable ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and the University of Wisconsin (UW) Cooperative Extension announced today that 7 Rivers Alliance, located in La Crosse, has been selected to ...

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 ...

Iowa communities and agriculture producers were awarded millions of dollars in grant funding. (Visualizaton via Canva, photos by Robert Zullo/ States Newsroom and Getty Images) Through several ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture plays many roles in supporting Kansas farmers and families. One way is their Rural Development programs. Gimmie Jo Jansonius was appointed State ...

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, ...

PRINCEVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Members of the USDA Rural Development participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Edgecombe County’s Public Works today. Rural Development invested $9.3 million in USDA ...