Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined a group of Senators in announcing a new investigation into how the Trump ...

An APHIS Veterinarian inspecting a goat on a farm in Maryland. (USDA photo) Groups pushing for more help from the federal government to address the country’s shortage of rural veterinarians are ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America ...

The administration has preserved a $9.7 billion Biden-era initiative to bring renewable energy to rural areas.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it would restrict the use of federal subsidies for solar energy projects in favor of protecting farmland, but ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled last week that it already “sufficiently addressed” past discrimination and that continuing to practice “race- and sex-based remedies” are no longer necessary ...

On Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the Rural Veterinary Shortage Action Plan that will expand the support available for rural veterinarians. “Rural veterinarians are vital for ...

For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants for solar, wind, energy-efficiency ...