Rural Development

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[edit] United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD)

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On October 13, 1994 The Department of Agriculture was reorganized under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act. Under that Act, USDA Rural Development was created to administer the former Farmers Home Administration's (FmHA) non-farm financial programs for rural housing, community facilities, water and waste disposal, and rural businesses. The former Rural Electrification Administration's (REA) utility programs were also consolidated within Rural Development.

Today, Rural Development attempts to develop the technological infrastructure that hopes to enable rural America to compete in the 21st century domestically and globally. Rural Development has an $86 billion dollar loan portfolio, and administers nearly $16 billion in program loans, loan guarantees, and grants through their programs.

[edit] Operating units

• Office of Community Development (OCD)
• Rural Housing Service (RHS)
• Rural Utilities Service (RUS)

[edit] External Links

• Rural Development. USDA Rural Development.

v • d • e  Agencies under the United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service • Agricultural Research Service  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service  • Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion • Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service • Economic Research Service • Farm Service Agency • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation • Food and Nutrition Service • Food Safety and Inspection Service • Foreign Agricultural Service • Forest Service • Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration • National Agricultural Library • National Agricultural Statistics Service • Natural Resources Conservation Service • Risk Management Agency • Rural Development