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Ag and Trade | Growth and Development
A Letter From Langdon: What's At Stake With Farm Bill? The Nation's Future
07/05/2007
Tennessee Drought, 2007Richard Oswald, a Langdon, Missouri, farmer, reminds us that the nation depends on rural communities and that the health of rural communities depends on a wise Farm Bill.
Education | Growth and Development
Saving Greensburg AND New York City With Small Schools
07/04/2007
Arkansas school protest, 2003Greensburg, Kansas, was smashed by a tornado in early May. The town has a chance to survive, says Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, but only if the local school can re-open in August. New York City, meanwhile, has learned that small schools are vital for big cities, too.
Growth and Development | Main Street Economics
The Yonder 40 â€" DY's Stock Index of Rural America
06/30/2007
Grand Ole OpryFinally, there's a stock index that tells rural America how it's doing. This is the Yonder 40, forty companies that reflect the economy of rural America John Deere, NASCAR tracks, coal mines, small town banks and newspapers and, of course, Wal-Mart. Can the Yonder 40 beat the big boys at Dow and Standard and Poor's? We'll see.
Ag and Trade | Growth and Development
Can You Hear Rural America Now?
05/23/2007
pistol and hog thumbAs Congress writes a new Farm Bill, will rural development get the shaft or a chunk of the whole hog? To get a better bill, it would help if rural America spoke up and with a single voice.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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