Across the Nation
Nebraska: The child poverty rate in the state is up 50 percent over the last five years according to a new report from Voices for Children in Nebraska. Fifteen percent of children in the state live in poverty, and 36 percent live in low-income households.
Additionally, 45,000 Nebraska children were without health insurance for the year reported. In some of Nebraska’s most rural counties the number of children without insurance is among the worst in the nation.
Mississippi: The soaring price of corn resulted in a tripling of corn acres in Mississippi in 2007. Corn requires more fertilizer inputs than other major crops though, and the cost of these inputs is rising. That, coupled with increased demand and rising market prices for other crops, could result in corn acres across the South falling in 2008.
South Dakota: The state’s new Dakota Roots program recruits former state residents to fill job openings in the state. In a rising trend, largely rural states with a declining workforce are turning to former residents who are often easier to recruit and more likely to remain in the state once they return. For its part, South Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation at 2.8 percent.
Florida: The country’s third largest gasoline market could soon fuel more ethanol production. Newly proposed rules would encourage ethanol blending by relaxing rules that currently discourage refiners from adding ethanol to gasoline sold in the state.
Several other states are also considering new rules that could increase markets for biofuels, including Missouri where a statewide 10 percent blending mandate was recently enacted.
Nationwide: Facing budget cuts, the USDA Rural Development program closed 214 offices across the country at the beginning of 2008. In Illinois the number offices statewide has declined from 42 in 1970 to just 13 today. The state lost four offices in the most recent round of closures.
Maryland: Dairying, one of the largest sectors of agriculture in the state, is disappearing at an alarming rate – nearly twice the national average. The number of dairies in Maryland has fallen by 85 percent over the last 40 years, and the rate of loss is accelerating. Unique state market structures that put Maryland dairy farmers at a disadvantage compared to neighboring states and increasing land values due to development pressure both threaten to keep the number of dairies in the state on the decline.
Contact: Brian Depew, by email at briand@cfra.org or by phone at 402.687.2103 x 1015 to comment or suggest other news for next month.
Additionally, 45,000 Nebraska children were without health insurance for the year reported. In some of Nebraska’s most rural counties the number of children without insurance is among the worst in the nation.
Mississippi: The soaring price of corn resulted in a tripling of corn acres in Mississippi in 2007. Corn requires more fertilizer inputs than other major crops though, and the cost of these inputs is rising. That, coupled with increased demand and rising market prices for other crops, could result in corn acres across the South falling in 2008.
South Dakota: The state’s new Dakota Roots program recruits former state residents to fill job openings in the state. In a rising trend, largely rural states with a declining workforce are turning to former residents who are often easier to recruit and more likely to remain in the state once they return. For its part, South Dakota has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation at 2.8 percent.
Florida: The country’s third largest gasoline market could soon fuel more ethanol production. Newly proposed rules would encourage ethanol blending by relaxing rules that currently discourage refiners from adding ethanol to gasoline sold in the state.
Several other states are also considering new rules that could increase markets for biofuels, including Missouri where a statewide 10 percent blending mandate was recently enacted.
Nationwide: Facing budget cuts, the USDA Rural Development program closed 214 offices across the country at the beginning of 2008. In Illinois the number offices statewide has declined from 42 in 1970 to just 13 today. The state lost four offices in the most recent round of closures.
Maryland: Dairying, one of the largest sectors of agriculture in the state, is disappearing at an alarming rate – nearly twice the national average. The number of dairies in Maryland has fallen by 85 percent over the last 40 years, and the rate of loss is accelerating. Unique state market structures that put Maryland dairy farmers at a disadvantage compared to neighboring states and increasing land values due to development pressure both threaten to keep the number of dairies in the state on the decline.
Contact: Brian Depew, by email at briand@cfra.org or by phone at 402.687.2103 x 1015 to comment or suggest other news for next month.
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