CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that ...

These no-down payment mortgages are for low- and moderate-income homebuyers in designated rural areas.

USDA settles with Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty lawsuit, removes race-based discrimination in nationwide farming programs.

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the cuts are coming when other federal food programs are at risk. The U.S.

Programs like SNAP and WIC "simply will not function" if employees exit en masse after declining mandatory relocations across the country, union says.

The Agriculture Department is reviewing 15 of its programs amid ongoing Trump Administration scrutiny over spending, according to a list provided to Agri-Pulse on Thursday by Senate Ag Committee ...

Federal officials are continuing to withhold money for a pair of major organic agriculture programs that make payments directly to farmers, according to three people familiar with the matter, ...

Federal officials are using National Homeownership Month to spotlight programs aimed at helping more rural residents buy, build and repair homes across New York. USDA Rural Development New York State ...

The Agriculture Department will no longer recognize groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and women as “socially disadvantaged” and deserving of increased benefits. In a final ...

The US Department of Agriculture’s Equity Commission on Tuesday presented more than 30 recommendations it hopes will extend opportunities to communities of color and help resolve longstanding ...

Granite State children can get free meals and snacks this summer at dozens of locations across southern and central New ...