What will health care reform mean for me?
Take a look at what current proposals include.

Community Development Resource Guide
A new easy reference guide to assist rural communities.

Renewable Energy's Economic Potential
Renewable Energy and Economic Potential in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota, our new report analyzing the economic potential of wind energy development, including the economic impact, job creation and wind resources.

Why Rural America Needs a Public Health Insurance Plan Option
The inclusion of a public health insurance plan in health care reform legislation as an option for individuals, families and businesses promises to be one of the most controversial and crucial decisions made by Congress. With the myriad health care challenges facing rural people and rural communities, the decision on whether to include a public health insurance plan option has significant potential consequences for rural America.

Iowa & Nebraska Small Business Supports Health Care Reform
A survey of Iowa small business owners' attitudes regarding health care reform. Hear John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of Small Business Majority, and Jon Bailey, Rural Research and Analysis Director for the Center for Rural Affairs, take questions on a media conference call.

North Dakotans Talk Health Care: Results! Click for details about the Health Care Forums and Policy Trainings in North Dakota.

Continuous Sign-up for the Conservation Stewardship Program! Sign-up for the first ranking period closed on Sept. 30, but you can still sign up for the next round. Learn more in our Fact Sheet here, and check out the detailed Farmers' Guide to the Conservation Stewardship Program here.

Value Added Agriculture Grant Program
Proposals for the 2009 round of the federal Value Added Agriculture Grant program were due Nov. 30, 2009. Find out more about the program, including links to templates to assist you with future proposal preparations.

Organic Producers
The USDA recently set-aside $50 million and held the first nationwide sign-up for farmers in the process of converting to organic, producers expanding their organic production, or existing organic farms increasing their environmental performance even more.

Farm Bill Programs for You and Your Community
Guide to new programs. Find out how to get started in farming or ranching, establish high-value niche markets, implement conservation-based systems and transition to organics.

May 4, 2009: Center for Rural Affairs unveils report at White House meeting. Read the blog post here.

Health Care & Rural America
Report: The Top 10 Rural Issues for Health Care Reform

Report: Rural Mental Health Overlooked and Disregarded

Report: The Causes and Consequences of the Rural Uninsured and Underinsured

Find all of our reports and relevant reports from others here.

Fact Sheet: Health Care and Rural America

Comments to USDA
Close farm payment loopholes.

Media Highlights
View a small sample of media highlights from the last year.

Overview of the 2008 Farm Bill
How Rural America Fared in the 2008 Farm Bill

The Future Is Now
A Delaware Corporation pays $52 million for Nebraska Land

Wheels of Fortune
The Centers' 1976 report that spurred debate about irrigation and corporate farming in Nebraska is now online as a PDF.

Who Will Sit Up With The Corporate Sow?
The prophetic 1975 report from the Center is now online as a PDF.

Report: False Reform in the 2007 Farm Bill
An analysis of Congressional payment limits proposals in the 2007 Farm Bill

Report on Rural Development Opportunities
Promising Opportunities: A Fresh Look at Opportunities for Rural Communities

On Farm Energy
Small Farm Energy Primer

Rural Development and the 2008 Farm Bill
Economic Outcomes of Rural Microenterprise Development in the 2008 Farm Bill

Oversubsidizing and Underinvesting
A New Report on Commodity Subsidies and Rural Development

Ag Library Brief
Wind Turbine Considerations: Energy Conservation, Profitability and Ownership

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