A proposed definition of the term rural submitted by the Department of Agriculture to Congress last month could have broad implications for small towns across America - and not everyone is happy about ...

[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 ...

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 ...

Ten rural Georgia counties will receive a combined $8 million as part of the state’s second round of grants in an initiative to develop rural sites, Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week. The grants are ...

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 ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with reporters outside the White House, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Reductions in staff and office closures loom ...

Four deer stand among the corn stalks in a field along Old Collinsville Road in rural Caseyville Township last week. The area is still farmland, though many subdivisions have been built, or are being ...

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 ...

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 ...

While China’s rapid economic growth lifted more than 850 million of people out of poverty since 1978, it was associated with rising urban-rural inequalities in incomes, opportunities, and quality of ...

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ to release $10.8 billion, which includes $2.5 billion in loan subsidies, ...