The Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Rural Finance Authority (RFA) Board has declared an emergency for three animal diseases: avian Metapneumovirus (aMPV), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI ...

RHS loans allow low-to-moderate-income borrowers to purchase rural properties with zero money down and lower mortgage ...

A growing contingent of Southeast Alaskans are driving local economic transformation toward sustainability and Indigenous leadership. Traditional industries like logging and fishing are being ...

Trump's order to freeze federal loans and grants concerns farmers like Hugh and Jenny Lassen, who grow wild blueberries in ...

Nonprofit organizations across the country were plunged into uncertainty after the White House froze spending on federal loans and grants two weeks ago. The Trump administration’s order created chaos ...

The Rural Energy for America Program, an initiative offered through the US Department of Agriculture that provides grants to ...

From recruitment programs to help with student loans, here are some of the ways providers are looking to alleviate SLO County’s primary care shortage.

U.S. Agriculture Department mortgages for some 7,600 additional rental properties throughout Maine are reaching maturity and are at risk of being lost to the private market.

As experts in rural health and policy at the Center for Rural and Migrant Health at Purdue University, we work with people across the United States to build resilient rural communities. Here are some ...

The Southwest Initiative Foundation is investing in a solution to rural Minnesota’s child care crisis. The Hutchinson-based foundation said last week it has launched a new program called ...