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The nation has seen its total number of farmers and farmland decrease over the past five years and advocates for smaller producers in South Dakota said new data indicates more challenges for farming communities. This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its Census of Agriculture. ...
By Will Wright for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Illinois News Connection reporting for The Daily Yonder-Public News Service Collaboration As the federal government distributes $42.5 billion to expand broadband internet access across America and its territories, some local leaders are asking themselves: How much economic impact could faster internet create? The true dollar figure would be spread across the economy, from agriculture and small businesses to harder-to-track impacts like an increased willingness for families to relocate to rural areas. But a report by ...
Farmers who produce the food we eat don't always own the land that food is grown on, including in Wisconsin. Those trying to get their operations off the ground are being given tools to ensure more certainty about where they can do the work. More than one-third of Wisconsin farmland is leased, according to federal data. ...
A new tool is designed to help rural leaders factor increased agricultural yields in their estimates of broadband’s potential economic impact.
Billions of federal dollars are on the line to help underserved communities get a leg up with broadband service.