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An Overview of Some COVID Related Impacts on Rural America from USDA’s Economic Research Service

December 21, 2020

Last week, the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released its annual report exploring characteristics and economic indicators associated with Rural America : “Rural America at a Glance: 2020 Edition.”

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Rural America: Perspective from USDA Report, and Federal Reserve Ag Credit Survey

November 17, 2017

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual Rural America at a Glance report, which summarizes the status of conditions and trends in rural areas. In addition, the Federal Reserve…

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Rural Economy: Farm Income, Manufacturing- Both Important Variables

October 4, 2017

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) indicated in a news release last week that, "State personal income grew 0.7 percent on average in the second quarter of 2017, after increasing…

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Rural Broadband Issues- Farms Connecting to the Internet

August 21, 2017

Today's update discusses rural broadband issues and federal regulatory action that was taken this month to help close the digital divide in Rural America. The update also touches on a…

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Rural America “Stranded in the Dial-Up Age,” Rural Broadband Issues

June 19, 2017

Last month, a Wall Street Journal article provided an in-depth look at a variety of statistical indicators from rural America in an article titled, "Rural America is the New, 'Inner…

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Wall Street Journal Looks at Rural America, “The New ‘Inner City'”

May 30, 2017

Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg reported on the front page of Saturday's Wall Street Journal that, "At the corner where East North Street meets North Cherry Street in the small…

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The Importance of the Non-Farm Rural Economy to Farm Household Income

January 31, 2017

A recent study ("Income Trends for Iowa Farms and Farm Families 2003-2015") by David Peters, associate professor and extension rural sociologist with Iowa State University, summarized current trends in farm…

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