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Rural jobs outside of agriculture grow to new highs

09/21/22 6:10 AM By Spencer Chase

More and more residents of rural America are working in industries outside of agriculture, a new report concludes.

DOE earmarks $105.5M to drive solar innovation, employment

04/18/18 12:35 PM By Sandra Cowherd

Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced a funding opportunity of up to $105.5 million for energy innovation in solar technology.

Renewable energy boasts more than 700,000 jobs

01/29/18 4:52 PM By Sandra Cowherd

Total clean energy jobs across the country now outnumber coal and gas jobs by nearly 1.5 to 1, according to a report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

Rural health care jobs gain

01/10/18 6:07 AM By Jim Webster

Rural hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities provided more than 1.25 million wage and salary jobs in 2011, accounting for 8.5 percent of rural wage and salary employment, says a new USDA report.

New report says wind energy could add thousands of jobs by 2020

03/29/17 3:10 PM By Ben Nuelle

A new report released by Navigant Consulting says wind energy could create over 17,000 Iowa jobs and generate $9 billion in economic activity by 2020.

How will renewables fit in Trump’s job creation agenda?

03/29/17 2:50 PM By Jonathan H. Harsch

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - With President Trump promising to create millions of new jobs, a good chance for his hoped-for surge could be in the renewable energy sector.

Opinion: Farm Credit: Fulfilling its mission to rural communities

03/27/17 12:30 PM By Guest Author

Several years of low commodity prices are making life difficult on the farm, and small towns across the country face serious challenges to modernize their infrastructure.

Ag infrastructure is a broad challenge, speakers say

03/19/17 11:10 AM By Ed Maixner

WASHINGTON, Mar. 22, 2017 - There is a whale of a lot more needed than a robust farm bill to build the kind of substructure needed to sustain America’s rural and agricultural economy, according to the speakers on a rural infrastructure panel at the Farm Bill Summit sponsored by Agri-Pulse this week in Washington.

Opinion: Fighting terrorism one meal at a time

03/16/17 2:07 PM By Marshall Matz

There are some twenty million people at risk of starvation, according to the United Nations. It is the world's most severe humanitarian crisis we have faced since 1945.

Lawmakers remind Trump about importance of a strong RFS

02/16/17 10:35 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16, 2017 - During a campaign stop in Iowa last year, then GOP candidate Donald Trump made it very clear that he supported the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). But as president, a number of his key advisors and cabinet members have strong ties to the oil industry. And that has some RFS supporters worried

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04.11.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 11, 2025: Rep. Newhouse on tariffs, USDA staff reductions

President Donald Trump this week temporarily paused country-specific reciprocal tariffs while those applied to China increased to 125%. We asked Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., how the move could change the U.S.' ag trading relationship with China and his thoughts on staff reductions at the Agriculture Department.

Then, Tim Lust from the National Sorghum Producers and Ken Barbic with Invariant discuss the tariffs, including how long producers can wait for government payments for market loss.

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