Rural Economy: Farm Income, Manufacturing- Both Important Variables
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…
Rural Broadband Issues- Farms Connecting to the Internet
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…
Rural America “Stranded in the Dial-Up Age,” Rural Broadband Issues
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…
Wall Street Journal Looks at Rural America, “The New ‘Inner City'”
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…
The Importance of the Non-Farm Rural Economy to Farm Household Income
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…