Hundreds of thousands of rural families could lose their affordable homes as mortgages the program supported expire by 2050.

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...

For decades, cumbersome CPAP machines have been the primary way to help people with sleep apnea. A range of new options has ...

A federal judge ruled that the USDA's pilot project forcing Colorado to expedite SNAP recertifications violates the law, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced details of the bridge assistance payment program for specialty crop growers. Chad Smith has the story. Smith: Up to $1 billion was set aside in December ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, has joined Sen. Peter Welch, D-VT, to reintroduce the Rural Innovation for a Stronger Economy Reauthorization Act. It’s legislation that would ...

For those coaxing thirsty crops like alfalfa from the parched fields and withered pasturelands in Eloy, Arizona, water is as good as gold — and just as scarce. “We’ve had nothing from the Colorado ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The United States Department of Agriculture says the Valley is losing hundreds of farms a year, and California growers say more could soon be put out of business. $48 million ...

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening applications on Monday for the Farmer Bridge Assistance program. This initiative will allocate up to $11 billion to support row crop ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia/CHICAGO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - As the U.S. Department of Agriculture prepares to dole out $12 billion in government subsidies next week, officials and economists at the agency's ...

The UI SCAPES program’s newest agrivoltaic site, opened last year, features a better design for combining the experimental technology with large farm machinery. A SCAPES team member tills the ground ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services released a new set of dietary guidelines last month, with a message to "eat real food." At a Jan. 7 White House press ...