Summary: USDA's Farm Loan Programs have been improved to increase opportunities for farmers, with changes including low-interest installment set-asides and flexible repayment terms.

The 3 Biggest Updates to USDA’s Farm Loan Programs You Need to Know FSA says these changes will increase opportunities for farmers and ranchers to be financially viable.

Industry advocates approve of the changes, but caution there are still unanswered policy questions that they want addressed.

The Trump administration says the "socially disadvantaged" designation is no longer needed because "past discrimination has ...

The Agriculture Department is making changes to eligibility rules for farm programs that could make it more challenging ... farm program participants must be "actively engaged in farming," which ...

It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps ...

The Rural Energy for America Program has closed two of its four application windows this year. The grants can help farmers ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A group of bicameral legislators has urged the USDA to change a program that could be detrimental to Kansas farmers. “Sitting on the tongue of the wagon is important before ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is launching a $2.2 billion grant program to address discrimination in how farm subsidies were given out before 2021.

Incentives are seen as critical to increasing participation in a USDA conservation program that could help the Biden administration reach climate goals.