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Rural America
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11/20/02
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A rural provider needs to understand
strengths and weaknesses of the local economy. This in conjunction with demographic data will allow understanding of the ripple
effect of weather, grain and livestock prices, etc
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National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Reports estimate production, stocks, inventories, disposition, utilization, and prices of
agricultural commodities, and such other items as labor and farm numbers. This Economic
Research Service (ERS) situation and outlook reports and periodicals analyze the current
situation and forecast market conditions. ERS monographs offer economic analysis in the
areas of trade, production, rural development, farm inputs, and other topics. http://www.usda.gov/nass |
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National Rural Development Partnership
- The National Rural Development Partnership, through 37 State Rural Development Councils
and a National Rural
Development Council, brings together federal, state, local, and tribal
governments, as well as the private for-profit and non-profit sectors, to work in
partnership for the improvement of rural America's communities.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/nrdp/ |
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ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
- http://aelvis.ael.org/eric |
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USDA: Rural Development - The purpose
of this WWW site is to provide access to the informational resources of the Rural
Development agencies. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/
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Rural
Utilities Service: The Rural Utilities Service has been promoting universal
service in rural America for almost 50 years - through targeted lending, technical advice
and policy guidance. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and its implementation of
Universal Service provisions heralds a new era for rural telecommunications and new
opportunities for rural Americans. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rus/index.html |
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The Aspen Institute Policy
Program's Community Strategies Group - http://www.aspeninstitute.org/csg/index.html |
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Rural Health Futures: Rural Economic and
Community Development - Rural Health Futures’ efforts at community and
economic development are related to rural communities and regions investigating the role
of advance technologies and telecommunications. Focus is on education and community
dialogue that helped develop a strategy for how these technologies could be used to
enhance the viability of the communnity. http://www.futurekansas.com/rural/ |
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Rural Health Primer - Office of
Social and Economic Data Analysis. This Rural Health Primer was created by the Office of
Social and Economic Data Analysis and MU’s Rural Health Initiatives Committee to gain
an enlightened perspective on demographic trends in rural Missouri. http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/healthprimer/ |
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Economic Research Service: Social and
Economic Research for Rural America - http://www.ers.usda.gov/
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Rural Conditions and Trends:
Socioeconomic Conditions Volume 11, Number 2, December 2000, Economic
Research Service - http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/rcat/rcat112 |
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