Dawn and Cassius Spears would like to expand their farm’s reach beyond their farm stand, but it’s challenging.

SPUR Program will provide up to $500M in payments to eligible beef processors who have faced increased costs of acquiring ...

In the past year, the Trump administration has worked to dramatically reduce the federal workforce and—with the support of the Republican-led Congress—slash spending on the social safety net. A move ...

John Butera, the Maine State Director of the USDA's Rural Development Program, congratulates new homeowner Samantha Drost in her front yard in Woodland Monday. Credit: Cameron Levasseur / The County ...

USDA has finalized the promised assistance for U.S. specialty crop producers. Chad Smith has the details. Smith: The USDA announced it has finalized the Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers Program, ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department will expand a fertilizer production grant program, but drop talk of climate benefits. The Department of Agriculture will revive and expand a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has barred 10 lenders, including five community banks, from participating in its OneRD rural development loan guarantee program citing large numbers of delinquent ...

Local government officials, economic development leaders and housing personnel gathered at Northeastern Junior College’s Applied Technology Campus on Tuesday for a discussion on affordable housing and ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins has said the department will “completely deconstruct” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in an effort to remove fraud ...

The Agriculture Department is relocating hundreds of additional employees away from its Washington-area and regional offices, this time focusing on food assistance program employees. The Food and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reinstated the largest grant in University of Idaho history, allowing a statewide agricultural program to resume after a yearlong pause. University officials ...

EXCLUSIVE – A new House Republican bill would strip back language from federal law that gives enhanced benefits or priority consideration to certain farmers in Department of Agriculture programs based ...