Congress could change the definition of rural areas to help more homebuyers access financing through the Farm Credit System.

In recent decades, the agricultural landscape has undergone a significant transformation as advances in digital technology and modern management practices are reshaping not only how farms are run but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Bradshaw, the head of the National Farmers’ Union, has condemned the decision as another ‘betrayal’ by the Government after ...

Recent research suggests the unique stresses from farm life may be taking a toll on one of the pillars of the families that make your dinners possible: the women who keep farming families running. If ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Rural America covers 74% of the land surface of the country with over 46 million citizens in ...

If you’re like most Americans, you probably don’t give too much thought to where your food comes from. And you likely pay even less attention to the people who supply it. But recent research from the ...

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers have long struggled to ...

USDA Rural Development has served as a conduit for getting federal funds into “some of our smallest communities and rural small businesses,” said Erin Oban, state director for USDA Rural Development.

American agriculture is in trouble, thanks to President Donald Trump. Recently, a bipartisan group of 27 former Agriculture Department officials and leaders from farm and commodity groups wrote to the ...

In this article, we will take a look at the 20 countries with the largest rural population in the world. If you want to skip our discussion on the rural economy trends, you can go directly to the 5 ...