Do not get between reality and political forces in Congress when Republicans and Democrats agree to spend more money on farm ...

A congressional directive to spend $3 million on rural grants to “socially disadvantaged” farmers and business owners may not go far. Just as the fight over federal grants canceled in the last fiscal ...

ORANGEBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - When President Donald Trump took over the White House, he ushered in major changes to longstanding federal policies and programs in every department, which meant ...

The president didn’t return much affection to rural voters in 2025. Farm inputs, health care and food costs continued to rise; yo-yo tariff policies sliced ag exports; and cuts to several federal farm ...

Some USDA offices have resumed taking applications for grants, but the Rural Energy for America Program’s future still looks cloudy. The Trump administration’s freeze on energy grants to farmers and ...

Hickory Hill Dairy in Edgefield, South Carolina, was able to start bottling its milk after receiving a Value-Added Producer Grant from USDA. (Hickory Hill photo) When the Cordi family lost nearly 70% ...

Educational programming by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service continues to be enhanced by community support from Capital Farm Credit.