rural economy

Auctions — a marketplace for knick knacks, farm land and everything in between — are often also gathering events for rural communities. That’s changing as more auctions go online.

The windswept plains of West Texas have some of the highest solar power potential in the United States. Now, the Permian Basin region is taking advantage…

Rural Texas has been on the decline for decades.Now, The Texas Observer has published an essay detailing the “Seven Most Pressing Issues Facing Rural…

Evidence is mounting that President Donald Trump’s decision to back out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is taking a heavy economic toll on rural America,…

In a recent editorial in the San Antonio Express-News, two prominent Texas economists suggested ways to revitalize the rural economy in Texas.Many people…

Kansas Agland is taking a look at the agriculture economy from the perspective of farmers and farm implement dealers, who are finding ways to adapt.An…

Things are looking up in the heartland.A new USDA study reports that some of the employment and population declines that have plagued rural America in…

HPPR recently reported on a story about how, according to Census Bureau statistics, rural America is stagnating while cities are booming. But this weekend…

The economic recovery continues apace in America’s cities. Unfortunately, reports The Daily Yonder, the same can’t be said of rural America.While median…

Economies are continuing to weaken among ten Western and High Plains states with large rural populations, reports The Columbia Missourian. The info comes…