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White House Adviser Erroneously Calls Ag the ‘Primary Driver’ of Rural Economy

The White House’s first initiative to tackle rural policy goes all in on commercial agriculture, starting with a vastly inaccurate overstatement on the economic weight of the farming sector. First, let’s set the record straight about ag — an important but not predominant economic force at the national level in rural America.

Like the rest of America, the lion’s share of earnings and jobs for rural Americans comes in service sectors such as healthcare and retail; business services such as insurance and leasing; the public sector; and manufacturing.

By Tim Marema and Bill Bishop

Full Story: http://www.dailyyonder.com/chief-white-house-adviser-erroneously-calls-ag-primary-driver-rural-economy/2017/04/25/19052/

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