USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of available RD programs, witnesses told a House Agriculture Committee panel ...

Sponsored by Ascendium Education Group, the FORWARD curriculum is designed to support Cooperative Extension Professionals (CEPs) working to address workforce development issues in rural communities.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — President Biden has appointed Perry Hickman as Virginia’s Rural Development State Director in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The role of the state director is to ...

Land reform and rural development are implemented within functional economic regions rather than reinforcing marginal ...

The Department of Agriculture will not be shy about asking Congress for help on cybersecurity and IT, the agency’s undersecretary for rural development nominee told senators Wednesday. Smith co-signed ...