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White House Rural Council Growing Rural Economies, Creating Jobs
Posted by on June 19, 2013 at 5:40 PM EDTThe White House Rural Council announces a new commitment to increase access to capital and provide additional training and counseling services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.
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Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data
Posted by on May 6, 2013 at 9:24 AM EDTLast week, hundreds of innovators gathered at the World Bank IFC Center to brainstorm about how Open Data can be harnessed to help meet the challenge of sustainably feeding nine billion people by 2050, as part of the first-of-its-kind G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture.
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USDA Drought Code Sprint: Giving Americans One-Click Access to Federal Drought Relief
Posted by on September 14, 2012 at 12:53 PM EDTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture challenges you to design innovative apps to connect farmers, ranchers, and others with the latest information on drought conditions and Federal drought relief resources.
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Grand Opening of Dillon’s New Middle School
Posted by on September 12, 2012 at 4:02 PM EDTOn Thursday, September 6th, Doug McKalip, Senior Policy Advisor for Rural Affairs attended the grand opening of Dillon Middle School in Dillon, South Carolina.
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From the Archives: President Obama's 2011 Rural Tour
Posted by on August 15, 2012 at 3:22 PM EDTA look back at President Obama's 2011 Rural Economic Tour.
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It Takes a County … to Help Feed Families!
Posted by on August 14, 2012 at 3:31 PM EDTUSDA employees at the Tipton Service Center in Iowa are making impressive contributions to this year’s Feds Feed Families campaign. USDA Rural Development employee Mike Boyle reported food donations exceeding 750 pounds for the month of June and 1,760 pounds in July – just a portion of what is expected to be distributed throughout Tipton and surrounding eastern Iowa communities as part of the food drive this summer.
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More Help for Those Coping with the Drought
Posted by on August 13, 2012 at 7:08 PM EDTIn Iowa, President Obama describes a new effort to help livestock producers coping with one of the worst droughts in a half century.
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Weekly Address All-Hands-On-Deck Response to the Drought
Posted by on August 11, 2012 at 5:30 AM EDTPresident Obama discusses the Administration’s all-hands-on-deck approach to one of the worst droughts in more than fifty years.
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Assistance for Small Businesses Affected by the Drought
Posted by on August 8, 2012 at 12:01 PM EDTA guide to the tools and the resources hard hit communities need to navigate and recover from these severe drought conditions
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An Administration-Wide Response to the Drought
Posted by on August 7, 2012 at 5:19 PM EDTPresident Obama meets with White House Rural Council to discuss the steps being taken to help farmers, ranchers, and small businesses wrestling with the historic drought.
