The U.S. Senate confirms Brooke Rollins as President Donald Trump's agriculture secretary, despite concerns over her support for Trump's immigration policies.

Upon his return to the House Appropriations Committee after an 18-year hiatus, Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., has one central ...

Budget 2025: Broadband connectivity to be provided to all government secondary schools. In her Union Budget 2025-26 speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined several initiatives aimed ...

The Union Budget 2025, presented on Saturday (February 1), has allocated ₹2,66 lakh crore to the Ministry of Rural Development, making it the second-highest allocation after the defence sector. The ...

Additionally, the scheme will focus on improving post-harvest storage solutions to reduce wastage and increase agricultural productivity, thus contributing to the overall development of rural areas.

State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, R-Southlake — who filed a bill this session aiming to create regulations and safeguards on AI development in Texas — spoke alongside state Sen. Tan Parker ...

The plaintiffs filed their challenge against the department in September. They claimed that the USDA arbitrarily and capriciously changed technical merit requirements after they filed over 60 ...

According to USDA data, there were nearly 47,000 producers who identified as Black in the U.S. in 2022. Texas had the highest number, at about 11,500. Ohio's number of Black farmers has dwindled ...

For the past three years as state director for USDA Rural Development, I’ve been proud to help increase investment and create economic opportunities in the small towns and cities that make our state ...

As of 2021, irrigation ($2 billion), water-based natural resources management ($1 billion), and rural flood protection ($477 million) are among ADB’s top investments in agriculture and natural ...