April 2026

Your Land

Complete rural broadband coverage demands utilizing multiple internet delivery methods. (Anthony Greder)

Federal investment brings high-speed internet to rural America, but the digital divide persists.

Your Farm

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)

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

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Your Life

(G.W. Ackerman, Extension Service USDA, Progressive Farmer Archives)
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Cornerstones highlights thought-provoking quotes from notable folks.

CattleLink

Jennifer Carrico and her children, Klayton and Kassidy Bremer, are the fifth and sixth generations to raise cattle on their central-Iowa family farm. (Julia Mae Hunt)

Two farm kids, two ag jobs and a 150-year-old family history worth fighting for.

Columns

(Artur, Getty Images)
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Family farms face substantial risks. Building resilience requires valuing family bonds over business preservation, exploring all options openly, reframing difficulties positively and maintaining realistic optimism while confronting harsh realities.

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