Center News Releases
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01/30/2012South Sioux City, NE - Slowly but steadily, a new farmers market for South Sioux City is taking shape. At a meeting last week, a group consisting mainly of potential vendors offered their ideas and opinions on how to shape a market in South Sioux City. As the project moves forward with another open meeting this Thursday, organizers seek even more input, especially from community members, in order to create a market that will specifically address the needs and desires of South Sioux City residents.
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01/25/2012South Sioux City, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs and the City of South Sioux City will hold a planning committee meeting to begin setting up a new farmers market in South Sioux City. The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 5:30 pm at the South Sioux City Library Meeting Room, 2121 Dakota Avenue, South Sioux City.
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01/24/2012Lyons, Nebraska - A REAP Informational Community meeting will be offered in February by the Center for Rural Affairs' Rural Enterprise Assistance Project (REAP) Hispanic Business Center. The meeting will be located in Hastings and conducted in Spanish.
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01/23/2012Lyons, NE - Today the Center for Rural Affairs urged President Obama, in his State of the Union address, to speak to the challenges facing America’s rural communities by publicly committing to work with Congress to reauthorize the Farm Bill in a way that revitalizes the rural communities that form the backbone of our heartland.
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01/23/2012Lyons, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs, and the Women Food and Agriculture Network are co-hosting several workshops to discuss how the 2012 Farm Bill and other looming policy debates in Washington will significantly impact rural communities.
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01/23/2012Lyons, NE – The Center for Rural Affairs will partner with Efficiency Counts, University of Nebraska College of Business and Technology, University of Nebraska Center for Rural Innovation and the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to host the sixth annual MarketPlace rural entrepreneurship conference, which will focus on building jobs and the rural economy from within. It will be held at the at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Kearney, Nebraska on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. Early bird registration ends January 30, so those interested should not hesitate.
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01/18/2012Lyons, NE - The Farm Service Agency recently announced that the Land Contract Guarantee Program is now available nationwide. The Land Contract Guarantee Program provides federal loan guarantees to retiring farmers and landowners who self-finance the sale of their land to beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
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01/17/2012Lyons, NE - USDA's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that the deadline for producer applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to January 27, 2012.
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01/19/2012Lyons, NE - Americans concerned about the proposed route of the Keystone XL Pipeline received welcome news Wednesday when the Obama administration announced the rejection of a special U.S. State Department permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
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01/13/2010South Sioux City, NE - The Center for Rural Affairs and the City of South Sioux City are hosting an informational meeting to discuss the start of a new farmers market in South Sioux City. The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm at the South Sioux City Library Café, 2121 Dakota Avenue, South Sioux City.
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01/10/2012Lyons, NE – The Center for Rural Affairs is excited to announce their first ever “Youth Business Showcase Video Contest.”
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01/05/2012Lyons, NE - Today the Center for Rural Affairs applauded the introduction of Nebraska Legislative Bill 835, a bill to create a new health insurance marketplace in Nebraska.
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12/22/11Lyons, NE – What could be better in the middle of an interesting day of networking and learning about opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural Nebraska than to enjoy a luncheon provided by some of Nebraska's best farm, ranch and food entrepreneurs? The Center for Rural Affairs is requesting proposals for local food items to serve at the MarketPlace conference reception, luncheon, along with morning and afternoon snacks.
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12/20/2011Lyons, NE - USDA's National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that the deadline for producer applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) will be January 13, 2012.
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12/15/2011Lyons, NE – Today, the Center for Rural Affairs announced that the first ever IDEA (Innovation, Dialogue, Entrepreneurship, Action) Summit, an event dedicated to high school entrepreneurs will be held on Tuesday, February 21, 2012.
