The head of the USDA Rural Development Office says the work they’re doing is having a positive impact on Rural America. Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager says the 2011 Rural Development Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report shows they have invested almost $29 Billion dollars and “created or saved an estimated 440-thousand” jobs through the rural business cooperative, [...]
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USDA says Rural Development progress made
Posted in News, tagged Community, farm, Farming, Fiscal year, Growth, money, Rural, Taxes, USDA on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rural Broadband Access Spurs Rural Economic Growth
Posted in News, tagged Ag, Economy, Farming, Internet, money, Rural, technology on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many consider rural broadband access the key to rural economic growth. With it, small businesses harness the ability to take advantage of a global marketplace; without it, things like healthcare and education suffer, or at least that was the message during a recent field hearing. Jim Crum of U.S. Wellness Meats, a panelist in the [...]


