The new facility allows for better athletic training opportunities and will be a resource for physical education programs.

Schools served by the Southern Aroostook Area Regional Service Center are getting a major boost in connectivity.

Houlton’s school district has received $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. John Butera, the USDA Rural Development Maine state director, visited Houlton Monday to announce the funding.

According to a plan released last week by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in its first reorganization in over two decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stands to lose one of its core ...

Jenna Batchelder and her husband Brad have been raising livestock for years. A grant from USDA Rural Development helped them branch out into a successful retail meat business. The USDA's Rural ...

To illustrate performance across that range, NutriHarvest highlights results from two widely used benchmark crops: corn for high-demand commodity systems, and tomatoes for yield- and quality-sensitive ...

USDA officials said a total of $317,103 had been allocated in home repair grants for rural residents in Crawford, Chippewa and Lapeer counties.

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 ...