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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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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 ...

For over two decades, Bruce Everly has been helping Indiana farmers apply for funding from the federal Rural Energy for America Program, which provides grants for solar, wind, energy-efficiency ...

This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the rollout of a long-awaited program aimed at addressing past discrimination. For decades, Black farmers and others have argued that they've ...

The federal Department of Agriculture is offering grants to help people who live and work in Alaska’s rural areas reduce their energy costs. The program is available to rural farmers, small business ...