Rural America’s farm economy is struggling with its own K shape, as government payouts rocket to crisis levels

"As a share of GDP, government payouts will approach levels rarely seen outside of the 1980s' farm crisis and the farm aid ...
AgWeb

Rural Bankers: Farmland Prices Hit Highest Level Since 2012

Optimism is spouting in many areas of the rural economy. While the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) dipped from March’s record high of 71.9, economic growth is still occurring in rural America. For April ...

In Minnesota farm country, a plan for a $4 billion data center takes root with vast wind, solar and battery projects

WORTHINGTON, Minn. — A power developer has a novel plan to build a $4 billion data center in rural southwestern Minnesota, as ...
AgWeb

Rural Bankers: Farmland Prices Rocket to Record Highs

For 12 straight months, the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) has remained above growth neutral, to the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI). For November 2021, the RMI ...
MLive Ann Arbor on MSN

As AI ‘arms race’ and data centers hit Michigan, rural farm town feels left in the dust

As tech firms speed past local opposition toward construction of the state's first "hyperscale" data center, some are pushing for a careful review of potential impact to utility bills and the ...
Civil Eats

Beginning Farmers, Farmers of Color Outbid as Farmland Prices Soar

In April 2021, Gabriela Pereyra and her wife thought they had found the ideal parcel of land. It was located in New York’s Hudson Valley, which is known for its fertile soil, and it was just right for ...
Lane Report

Kentucky AgriLegacy Solutions Program launched to support farm families in transition planning

Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation and the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (KCARD) are proud to announce ...
Yahoo

Rutherford, TN, officials want to preserve farmland: 'We have been overtaken by the growth'

Farmers and officials such as Pettus Read hope fast-growing Rutherford County can preserve historic farmland, as well as other fast-growing counties around the state. "Agriculture has been my life ...
Yahoo

A fight over the fate of Ada’s farmland: Rural residents challenge solar on farm ground

When solar developers tried to buy up farmland near Kuna last summer, neighbors mobilized against the project. The family trying to sell its land framed the sale as an issue of private property rights ...
Bonner County Daily Bee

Report: Idaho’s aging rural population faces housing and other barriers to employment

Over the past two decades, Idaho’s rural populations have been aging and struggling with housing affordability, but have also ...

Farmland prices stall as rural property enters consolidation phase

Australia’s rural property market appears set for a consolidation phase after an extraordinary five-year surge that saw ...
Opinion
The Michigan DailyOpinion

Michigan’s clean energy goals depend on rural partnership, not pressure

Without community-informed, reversible design and empathy for the localities playing host to large-scale projects, the state’s clean energy efforts risk deepening divides rather than bridging them.