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Nevada, Iowa - A candidate forum for Senate District 25 is scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, hosted by the Center for Rural Affairs and Iowa League of Women Voters of Ames and Story County. The event...
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Falls City, Neb. - Small business owners are invited to learn about online marketing tools in an interactive setting during “Online Marketing Strategies,” a free workshop organized by the Center for...
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Lyons, Nebraska - The Center for Rural Affairs Board of Directors voted to back the Nebraska Medicaid expansion ballot campaign at their recent quarterly meeting. Insure The Good Life, a collection of...
Lyons, Neb. - Today, the House Agriculture Committee passed the draft of the farm bill, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, that they released last week. During their meeting today, the...
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Lyons, Neb. - Brian Depew, executive director of the Center for Rural Affairs based in Lyons, Nebraska, has been named to the 2018 cohort of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE)...
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Cozad, Neb. - Existing, transitioning, and startup small business owners have an opportunity to examine their ventures in “Business Plan Basics,” a workshop organized by the Center for Rural Affairs...
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Lyons, Neb. - Center for Rural Affairs Policy Associate Anna Johnson said today that the released draft of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, commonly known as the farm bill, has several...
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Crete, Neb. - Prospective business owners are invited to learn about available resources at a free workshop offered in Spanish, organized by the Center for Rural Affairs. “Getting Ready to Start My...
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Crete, Neb. - Dueños de negocios potenciales están invitados a aprender sobre los recursos disponibles y otros temas importantes sobre negocios en un taller gratis y en español ofrecido por del Center...
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Lyons, Neb. - A major wave of consolidation that kicked off in 2016 continues to move forward with the U.S. Department of Justice allowing chemical producer Bayer to acquire the U.S. based seed...
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Lyons, Neb. - Nebraska lawmakers skipped debate on three property tax reform bills on Monday, ensuring this session will come to a close without reaching a comprehensive solution to one of the state’s...
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Superior, Neb. - Small business owners are invited to learn about online marketing tools in an interactive setting during “Online Marketing Strategies,” a free workshop organized by the Center for...
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Dakota City, Neb. - Women who live in the Sioux City and surrounding areas, and own or manage farmland are invited to a conservation discussion focused on soil health and conservation practices. This...
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Lyons, Nebraska - Center for Rural Affairs Policy Associate Anna Johnson said today that the 2018 federal spending bill passed last week provides support for rural America. The bill funds the...
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Lyons, Nebraska – The Center for Rural Affairs, based in Lyons, Nebraska, was recently awarded the “Working Here Grant” from Farm Credit Services of America. The funds will be used for Answering the...
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Ashland, Neb. – Women who own land and are not operators are invited to a series of learning circles beginning with “Intro to Risk Management for Women Landowners,” hosted by the Center for Rural...
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Kearney, Neb. – The registration deadline is approaching for the fifth annual Women Entrepreneur Conference, hosted by the Center for Rural Affairs Women’s Business Center and the Small Business...
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Lyons, Neb. - Late last week, Iowa’s Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) as well as Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) introduced the Give our Resources the Opportunity...
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Nebraska City, Neb. - Prospective business owners are invited to learn about available resources at a free workshop offered in Spanish, organized by the Center for Rural Affairs. Two sessions of...
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Nebraska City, Neb. - Aspirantes a ser dueños de negocios están invitados a aprender sobre los recursos disponibles en un taller de aproximadamente hora y media, gratis y en español, organizado por el...
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