WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture will cut the direct payments for all crop farmers by 8.5 percent this year, not just for farmers who would be required to pay back certain other ...

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 ...

USDA loans are either backed or funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and designed to help low-income borrowers build or buy homes in eligible rural areas. Before applying for a loan, check out ...

Feb. 10—WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has developed a simplified direct loan application to provide improved customer experience for producers applying for loans from the Farm ...

USDA's Farm Service Agency in N.J. announced that $760 million is available for approved but previously unfunded USDA direct farm ownership and operating loans throughout the country. USDA has already ...

USDA is taking additional steps to provide relief to historically underserved farmers and other producers holding direct loans from the Farm Service Agency. This week's Open Mic guest is Melissa ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has reduced the Farm Service Agency direct loan application from 29 pages to 13 pages. Producers will also have the option to complete an ...

HACKETTSTOWN -- Henri Ann Olsen, Acting State Executive Director of USDA's Farm Service Agency in New Jersey, announced this week that $760 million is available for approved but previously unfunded ...

USDA home loans offer a path to homeownership for those with lower incomes and for people who are looking to buy a home in certain areas of the country. These mortgages are backed by the US Department ...

© Copyright Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. Washington, Oct. 4 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday that USDA will pay farmers and ranchers some $3 ...

This story is part of a multipart series examining the disparate impacts on Black farmers. Lucious Abrams is the third generation to take over the family Georgia farm, an operation that has long grown ...

Several Black farmers can proceed with a lending discrimination lawsuit against USDA after a federal judge rejected the agency’s motion to dismiss the case. U.S. District Judge Loren Alikhan in ...