Rice at $132.89 and cotton at $117.35 will receive the highest per-acre rates, but some have called payments a bandage in the ...

USDA loans are mortgages backed or funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also called USDA rural development loans or rural housing loans, USDA home loans feature low or no down payments and ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins said $11 billion of the total aid package will consist of one-time FBA program payments to American farmers in 2026. The remaining $1 billion is ...

USDA home loans can help low-income homebuyers buy a house in a rural area with a 0% down payment and a low interest rate.

The Agriculture Department announced that a second round of aid payments to U.S. farmers has started, giving them an additional $16 billion on top of $9.3 billion already disbursed. In a statement ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks at a Farmers First roundtable hosted in the USDA Whitten building. (USDA photo) Producers who suffered losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can begin ...

Mississippi farmers are set to receive new federal support under a U.S. Department of Agriculture program aimed at helping ...

An APHIS Veterinarian inspecting a goat on a farm in Maryland. (USDA photo) Groups pushing for more help from the federal government to address the country’s shortage of rural veterinarians are ...

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, ...

Amanda Burke will be based in the agency’s state office in Bangor. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and mortgage lending, Burke leads a team of 13 Rural Development housing ...