The Trump administration’s task force on rural prosperity is calling for expanding broadband essential to improving the rural America by removing regulatory barriers and providing new incentives for private investment.

USDA's rural development mission area gains a new leader for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service.

Anne Hazlett, who oversees Rural Development at USDA, wants to get the word out that RD’s new Innovation Center will soon be open for business, with a new executive at the helm and a long list of challenges to face, including the opioid epidemic that’s been devastating rural communities.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced the appointment of state directors for the Farm Service Agency and for USDA's Rural Development programs. 

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2017 – President Trump is expected to announce his long-awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency any day now, and Anne Hazlett says USDA is prepared to follow any further orders the president issues to deal with the crisis.