Farmers across the country are facing mounting challenges as a broad freeze on USDA grants and loans disrupts their ability to finance critical projects. The halt in funding has forced many to put key ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture directed its staff to identify grants for possible termination in the early months of the ...

July 10, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a final rule in the Federal Register today rescinding a provision that has been in place for more than 30 years to give farmers deemed ...

WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP HERE SHORTLY. THANK YOU JASON. NEW TONIGHT. AN IOWA FARMER IS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE IS BEING AFFECTED BY A FREEZE ON FEDERAL FUNDING. PETE YOUNGBLOOD RELIES ON CRITICAL ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, March 10 - Nate Powell-Palm, an organic farmer outside Belgrade, Montana, was relying on a $648,000 grant from USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service to help build a feed mill - an ...

Maryland farmers are among those who’ve learned that the latest freeze to federal funds means they may be left on the hook for investments they made with the promise of federal grants and loans. In ...

PASCO, Wash. – Franklin County Commissioners will meet with USDA Rural Development State Director Kirk Pearson to explore potential funding opportunities, according to a release by the commission.

The ground may still be frozen, but a number of Minnesota farmers are growing increasingly worried about what happens if a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture invested $89 million — mostly in loans — to rural Tennessee communities to support improvements to electric utilities, critical infrastructure and education. The ...

Glen Smith told senators that threats against rural critical infrastructure scare “the bejeebus out of” him and he won’t ...