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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Wind energy generation is a boon to local governments, especially those in rural America, according to research released by Moody’s Investors Service this week.
Capital gains tax breaks could inject trillions into the nation’s struggling low-income rural and urban communities, thanks to new “Opportunity Zones” tax provisions.
Striving for a rural electrical infrastructure that is more efficient and more reliable, USDA has announced $276 million in funds awarded to rural electrical infrastructure projects.
International development efforts designed to drive economic growth through agriculture generate a wide range of benefits for populations in less developed areas of the world.
President Donald Trump today officially rolled out his proposal to spur $1.5 trillion in infrastructure investment, eliciting praise from farm groups for the 55-page plan that highlights the need to improve rural, roads, bridges, waterways and internet access.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 – Getting policy makers to pay lip service to the need for expanded rural broadband has never been a problem. Getting those same people to act on the issue, however, hasn’t always been as easy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2017 - The expanding concept of “rural infrastructure” was front and center Tuesday when the Farm Foundation gathered a panel of speakers from the agriculture, transportation and equipment sector.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2017 - Senate Democrats pushed Agriculture Department officials Thursday to support increased funding to boost rural economic development and fight the opioid crisis. USDA officials also were urged to work within the administration to expand rural broadband access.
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - Electric cooperatives are stepping in to aid rural communities with the increasingly essential infrastructure need of internet access, according to a recent CoBank report which says the co-ops are filling in to provide broadband services to consumers in unserved areas of the country.
