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  • Stuart Sanderson manages grain sales for his family's fifth-generation, 9000-acre farm in Madison, Alabama. (Brent Warren)

    Alabama Farmer Leverages On-Farm Storage, Futures to Build Strong Business

    Grain Glut

    Grain marketing is what keeps farms in business, in good times and bad. Madison, Alabama, farmer Stuart Sanderson shares the tools he uses to navigate the market's ups and downs.

  • Truck Bed Nest (Illustration by Ray E. Watkins Jr.)

    Handy Devices

    A Nest of Wood

    Easy-to-build ideas make your work easier. Readers send in helpful solutions to farm and ranch problems.

  • Net migration has driven growth in the nonmetro, rural population since 2011-12. (Source USDA, Economic research Service using data from the U.S. Census Bureau)

    Population Decline in Rural America Is Reversing

    Rural Reversal

    COVID-19, remote work and demographic shifts ended decades of population decline in rural America.

  • Rural towns face economic pressure from struggling row crop agriculture, but diversification and strong community resilience help sustain main street economies. (Christopher Boswell, Getty Images)

    Small Towns, Big Resilience

    Farm Belt Tightens, Main Street Adjusts

    As the general ag economy faces adversity, small towns work to weather the storm.

  • Rural schools face declining enrollment, funding gaps and teacher shortages but innovate through resource and bus sharing, community partnerships and place-based learning. (Fly View Productions, Getty Images)

    Small Rural Schools Are Big on Solutions

    Small Schools, Big Solutions

    Rural educators are confronting significant challenges with serious grit.

  • Ellie Bowman, right, with the help of her parents, left, transformed a Kansas lumberyard into thriving Prickly Pear Farm and Home by listening to customers and providing excellent service. (Courtesy of Prickly Pear Farm and Home)

    Young Entrepreneur Invests in Her Hometown

    Investing in Rural Main Street

    A young entrepreneur sees a future in her hometown.

  • Those looking to build a legacy in rural America can find more in Danna Larson's book "Small Town Dreamer". (Danna Larson)

    Create Opportunities to Revitalize Rural America

    Small Town Dreamer

    Find your courage to grow in rural America. 

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