Report quantifies population needed to support various rural businesses

A new publication from South Dakota State University discusses the population thresholds needed to support an enterprise such as a church, a bar or a computer store in rural South Dakota.

SDSU Extension Extra 9003, "Threshold levels for selected rural South Dakota retail and service businesses," is available online at:
http://agbiopubs.sdstate.edu/articles/ExEx9003.pdf

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