Do not get between reality and political forces in Congress when Republicans and Democrats agree to spend more money on farm ...

A congressional directive to spend $3 million on rural grants to “socially disadvantaged” farmers and business owners may not go far. Just as the fight over federal grants canceled in the last fiscal ...

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - When President Donald Trump took over the White House, he ushered in major changes to longstanding federal policies and programs in every department, which meant ...

Some USDA offices have resumed taking applications for grants, but the Rural Energy for America Program’s future still looks cloudy. The Trump administration’s freeze on energy grants to farmers and ...

CMS says 50 percent of the funds will be distributed equally among the states it approves. The remaining 50 percent will be “based on a variety of factors, including rural population, the proportion ...

Providers say $193 million Illinois will receive in federal grants will cover important updates for rural hospitals, but ...

Rural Iowa communities have received more than $8 million in grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development for the improvement of water and safety systems. The grants and ...