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Shoring up rural America’s economy must start with broadband access and technology, a federal task force says in a report released Monday. The group,...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts consumers will be paying less for beef, pork, lamb, chicken and turkey in early 2018 than at the start of…
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A few years ago, Kansas City restaurateur Anton Kotar surveyed the local and national restaurant scenes and concluded his town’s reputation as a...
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In places where the unemployment rate is well below the national average — states like Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa — one would think it’d be easier for...
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Many rural businesses and farms will benefit from the tax overhaul passed Wednesday by Congress. But there’s a catch: If the changes fail to spur...
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Thirteen states filed a lawsuit Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a California law that requires farmers to give egg-laying hens more…
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The herbicide dicamba is thought to have been the culprit inmore than 3 million acres of damaged soybeans across the country, destroying plants and…
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During the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, spectators will turn their eyes upward to see the moon pass in front of the sun.But many Midwest scientists will turn…
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On a sweltering summer morning, Rob Mitchell surveys a plot of switchgrass at a research field near Lincoln, Nebraska. The grass is lush, green and...
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This story is part of the special series United And Divided, which explores the links and rifts between rural and urban America.Schools in rural school…