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.

On Monday, MPD Electric Cooperative announced that it's awarded $188,114 to the county in support of economic development ...

morgantown – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development West Virginia State Director Ryan Thorn announced on Wednesday that Rural Development is investing $12 million to strengthen ...

Rural towns and counties in Maryland are aggressively pursuing economic development, hoping to draw in larger employers while strengthening the home-grown shops and businesses that have been mainstays ...

The Rural Renewal Initiative is a program administered by Oklahoma State University to catalyze the renewal of rural ...

The mechanization of farming changed the community-based farming model after WWII. Photo by Charles Knowles,used under the CC BY 2.0 license. EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is adapted from a paper ...

A $30 million broadband investment positions Schoharie County as model for 21st-century rural economic development. In just a ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

The Braun administration has published a rural economic development plan for Indiana. It looks a lot like plans offered by GOP and Democratic governors over the past 75 years. Indeed, the only element ...

Alabama is focusing attention on its rural areas in a bid to spur economic development. The state’s Department of Commerce today unveiled the “RurAL” website along with a marketing campaign trumpeting ...

CNW/ - Canada's shared success depends on the strength of its rural communities. Challenges remain, but the path forward is clear. Creating one ...