Standing Up for Rural Postal Delivery
By Marie Powell, mariep@cfra.org, Center for Rural Affairs Post offices are crucial anywhere, but especially crucial in rural areas that depend on the postal service to stay connected through news…
Rural support for denying Keystone
Center for Rural Affairs applauds Denial of Pipeline Construction
Land Contract Guarantee Program Launched Nationwide
the Land Contract Guarantee Program is now available nationwide.
Program Helps Create Rural Jobs
Unfortunately, Congress passed the bill that cuts funding for the program.
Less than one month to apply for the Conservation Stewardship Program
Center for Rural Affairs Offers Farm Bill Help Line to Assist Producers
Wind Over Coal
Supplies of coal and oil dwindle each day, but there will always be wind.
Bookend Generations in Rural America
Many rural American communities find themselves caught between bookend generations - under 20 and over 65
Farm Bill Proposal deserved a Quick Death
Small Farmers in the same boat as OWS
Rural America Shortchanged
Rural development programs that support small business and small towns have already been cut by close to 1/3
Limit Direct Payments in 2012 Farm Bill
the next two years emerge as a crucial time for making commonsense cuts to agriculture spending.