Montana’s unemployment rate was at 2.9% in August, marking the 11th straight month under 3% and over four consecutive years of unemployment at or below 3.4%, a new record, Gov. Greg Gianforte said ...

=U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the latest slate of presidential appointments for key Farm Service Agency and Rural Development state director roles. Brooke Rollins. “When ...

USDA’s Rural Development mission area needs enough staff at the local level to help producers take advantage of the array of ...

The USDA Office of Rural Development has renewed its lease for its Stevens Point office until September 2027. This renewal reverses a previous termination announced in March by President Trump's ...

September 2, 2025 - Washington, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins released the following: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced a commitment ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins introduces USDA’s Rural Veterinary Action Plan on the campus of Mississippi State University. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. There has ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rolling back a grant and loan program supporters say was designed to increase rural economic development through renewable energy. However, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will loan Sanilac County's McKenzie Health System $74 million to build a new hospital to replace McKenzie Memorial Hospital in Sandusky. Secretary of Agriculture ...

WASHINGTON (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it would restrict the use of federal subsidies for solar energy projects in favor of protecting farmland, but ...

DES MOINES — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins came to the Iowa State Fair Saturday to compete in the Governor’s Charity Steer Show — and to announce $152 million in U.S. Department of ...