US Senators Urge USDA to Explain DOGE Review of Farm Loans By P.J. Huffstutter and Leah Douglas CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate have asked the Department of Agriculture ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate have asked the Department of Agriculture to explain why billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency must approve ...

Based in Indian Land, South Carolina, Movement Mortgage is among the top USDA loan providers in that state by volume — as well as in Alabama, Florida and North Carolina. It's ranked sixth ...

Backed by the Department of Agriculture, USDA home loans can be used to finance up to 100% of a property’s appraised value with no down payment. Borrowers must buy a home in a qualifying rural ...

Council members gathered to allow the city to sign a USDA loan that will complete financing for the airport plans. Sonja Eyler, Interim City Manager for Presque Isle said: “Originally ...

(WGHP) — A program North Carolina farmers rely on is over ... This news comes after the USDA announced they were canceling the program. “Our funding had been frozen since Jan. 27 while ...

Some in the North Carolina farming industry are sounding the ... by the United States Department of Agriculture. In March, the USDA slashed more than $1 billion from its Local Food Purchase ...

As part of the designation, farmers in the impacted areas will have eight months to apply for emergency assistance from the USDA Farm Service ... assess each emergency loan application received ...

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina, as well as the South Carolina Upstate. The largest fires in WNC were in the the Black Cove Complex in Polk and Henderson counties ...

The Trump administration has axed two federal programs that provide funding for food banks and schools in North Carolina to buy ... according to a USDA notice issued on March 7 to the State ...

The Trump administration’s ongoing hiring freeze makes it even more difficult to plug holes in regional and county-level USDA offices, where loan employees are most needed.

Rep. Alma Adams, a Democrat representing a North Carolina district that includes Charlotte, called the move infuriating and urged the USDA to rescind it. “This is a clear attack on an invaluable ...