Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In her work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cindy Axne has seen the impact of investing in rural communities. That impact ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator Karl Elmshaeuser announced today ...

The Agriculture Department is making $175 million available to rural electric cooperatives through a new program designed to support nuclear power development and improve electric transmission ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WEAU) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development is announcing it is accepting applications for Rural Business Development Grants. According to a press release from ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.