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USDA invests $16 million in rural Iowa water infrastructure

Several communities in northwest Iowa will get upgrades to their water systems to help combat aging infrastructure thanks to ...
The Journal

$13.35 million to be invested in rural communities’ infrastructure

U.S. Department of Agriculture Kansas State Director for Rural Development Christy Davis recently announced $13.35 million in loans and grants to upgrade water and electrical systems in rural Kansas ...
Agri-Pulse

USDA rural programs lose staff, endangering delivery of services

Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate

USDA Rural Development details its many housing programs at roundtable

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 ...
Food & Water Watch

House GOP Spending Bill Guts Essential Water, Agriculture Programs

On Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson released a resolution to fund the federal government through September 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. The proposal is not a “clean” continuing ...
Springfield News-Leader

Opinion: Here's what the USDA is doing to provide resources to rural Missouri

As Missouri State Director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA Rural Development), I live and breathe all things within my agency all day, every day. For most people ...
NBC Montana

Montana receives $8.1M from USDA for water infrastructure improvements

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in the Treasure state selected four projects from counties, cities, towns, and sewer districts to invest $8.1 million to improve ...