The move comes about a year after rising delinquency levels prompted SBA to raise lender fees and tightened underwriting ...

(Washington, D.C., May 12, 2026) – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has announced the removal of ten lenders from participation in the USDA Rural Development (RD) OneRD ...

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 (USDA) is pausing a loan program aimed at promoting anaerobic digesters — many of which are issued for large-scale farms that turn animal waste into gas — to ...

A Northern Nevada credit union is one of 10 lenders removed from a federal loan program, according to a U.S. Department of ...

Ashland County farmers can get maps for acreage reporting, apply for farm storage loans, and enroll in Grassland CRP.

The Agriculture Department said that it has redressed decades of historic race- and sex-based discrimination and will no longer be considering that legacy in its grants, loans and other programs. The ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cracking down on delinquent lenders participating in the Rural Development Guaranteed ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an about face on Thursday with regard to how it will consider farmer applications for loans and programs, moving forward. Specifically, the agency ...