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Minor space weather events have temporarily knocked out corrections signals over Canada and The Dakotas in the past. Would your farm be ready for a more severe outage?

Utilizing the Starlink network, this solution will allow farmers facing rural connectivity challenges to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies.

From improved telehealth services to reimagined small-town hospitals, the National Rural Health Association is working to help folks in farm country tap into more and better medical care options.

The Last Acre Act would help expand high-speed internet access across eligible farmland, ranchland and farm sites. At least 15% of farms and ranches have no access to the internet today. 

“Producers looking to adopt precision ag technologies need network connectivity that extends far past their residences. They need to be able to make real-time decisions that increase yields," says Sen. Fischer (R-Neb.).

Matt Carstens says, “This is solely about the farmer, giving power back to the farmer, and that’s the role of the co-op.”

The House on Friday averted a government shutdown by voting 225 to 201 in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023—the omnibus spending bill. Here's what's in it for ag.

Thompson is gearing up to replace Rep. Scott as the House Ag chairman in Jan. With his new title in tow, Thompson will be working alongside current Senate Ag Chairwoman Stabenow to pass farm bill 2023. 

Such events show just how vulnerable we are to attacks that can randomly take major portions of our infrastructure off-line without warning.

Here is how some of the roughly $82 billion in agricultural spending could be dispersed.

The future is here, and for the future of agriculture, it is not a moment too soon.

In just the past decade billions of dollars have been spent on closing the digital divide. Despite the outlay, 2020 showcased the size and scope of the problem.

“COVID-19 has many ag advisors scrambling to figure out how to continue to support their customers while working remotely,” Casey Nieman said.

Understand your needs and available services.

It’s an interesting trajectory from Clarks, Nebraska to Silicon Valley for Ev Williams.

Here are takeaways from the latest data provided by the 2017 Census of Agriculture regarding internet connectivity

The White House is moving forward in the "race to 5G" and is also investing more money into rural broadband, helping better connect underserved areas of the country.

This week on the Farm Journal Report, AgDay's Clinton Griffiths shows the possible headwinds for rural broadband.

Steve Case: "Supporting entrepreneurs is like planting seed corn. Some of it will die, but some will emerge as the Fortune 500 companies of tomorrow.”

The Rise of the Rest Tour aims to put a spotlight on entrepreneurs across the country.

Here’s a curated list of some ideas to help give you that extra five minutes for a phone call.

Fast forward nearly 100 years, and many say we are at another crossroads—once again, one of history and technology.