In her work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cindy Axne has seen the impact of investing in rural communities. That impact was on full display Wednesday as the senior adviser for rural ...

MASON CITY, Iowa — Rural Development Partners, a subsidiary of Ag Ventures Alliance, is assisting with rural development projects in the Midwest as well as places as far away as Washington and Maine.

Project empowers rural communities, promotes smart farming, connects local products to national, international markets - ...

PHOENIX — Four rural development projects in Arizona are set to receive federal financial assistance to improve infrastructure in state communities, officials announced Monday. The loans and grants ...

SOUTH CAROLINA (WCIV) — Saundra Glover, the state director of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development South Carolina announced on Dec. 12 over $587,000 in grant projects ...

Iowa will receive an infusion of $152 million in federal money toward 19 rural development projects across the state in what U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called an "unprecedented" effort ...

TOMORROW’S GRANDSTAND HEADLINER. WELL, TODAY WAS A BIG DAY. THREE OF THE IOWA STATE FAIR. THERE WAS A FULL LINEUP OF EVENTS, FROM CONTESTS TO CONCERTS TO POLITICIANS. THAT INCLUDES A VISIT FROM U.S.