In an effort to elevate rural communities, Illinois Farm Bureau partnered with county Farm Bureaus to award 30 Rural Development Grants totaling $120,000 to support local projects across the state.

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 ...

Sponsored by Ascendium Education Group, the FORWARD curriculum is designed to support Cooperative Extension Professionals (CEPs) working to address workforce development issues in rural communities.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — President Biden has appointed Perry Hickman as Virginia’s Rural Development State Director in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The role of the state director is to ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Agri-Cover Inc.’s geothermal heating and cooling system in its new facility will save the business over $100,000 per year and is the largest of 31 projects in the state that were ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...