Missouri Farm Bureau to push for broadband expansion in rural Missouri
By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMissouri Farm Bureau officials will be pushing Congress to expand broadband to all of rural America.Missouri Farm Bureau spokesman Eric Bohl says though Congress approved money for broadband expansion in the CARES Act, no one knows yet how far that money will stretch."We're not going to let up until everybody gets broadband availability at a reasonable and affordable price at their home and farm," Bohl says.Bohl acknowledges there has been progress, both on the national and state level, in expanding access to high-speed Internet to rural residents.&...