RED WING — Need help buying that first home? Updating a business? The USDA has some solutions. The United States Department of Agriculture has opened its Rural Development program for residents of ...

Both Democratic and Republican senators are pushing for simplified USDA Rural Development program applications, saying the current process is so arduous it favors those who can afford to hire grant ...

Representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture attended a groundbreaking in Southside recently, but it had nothing to do with putting crops in the ground. The groundbreaking was for Southside's ...

Blake Veeneman inspects a casting at Port City Group’s Port City Castings Corporation in Muskegon, Michigan, in this 2011 photo. Port City Group expanded employment after receiving two Rural Business ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program, which helps set up buyers with affordable homes in rural areas of Maine, guaranteed 719 loans in the past fiscal year. The top five ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mayor Dana Snyder spoke to those gathered Nov. 16 for groundbreaking at the new Southside Fire Station, as USDA Alabama Director ...