[imgbelt img=moulton2.jpg] The Senate version of the Farm Bill makes it easier to be classified as “rural.” Now any place under 50,000 people will qualify for the bill’s rural programs — and that ...

The publicly released version of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report to Congress last week was missing some critical attachments. Without this information, it’s much harder to see what USDA has in ...

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 ...

The small town of Houston, Missouri, is off the beaten path and has only 2,500 residents, but it still doesn't meet the definition of "rural" in some federal programs. Small towns far from big cities ...

The USDA Rural Development is a lifeline to economically depressed rural towns where Trump is popular but the Trump Administration has damaged the agency. It's been a turbulent couple of months at the ...

Rural communities are essential to the nation’s social, economic, and scientific future. Yet when it comes to STEM education and workforce development, these communities are often underserved, ...

Former State Rep. Mike Sexton (R-Rockwell City) is now state director of USDA Rural Development. (Official Iowa General Assembly Photo) President Trump has appointed a farmer and long-time state ...

The Colorado Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved $2.9 million in state tax credits for Madwire Media of Loveland, which has pledged to create 346 jobs over the next five years. It ...