10 factors that will shape rural communities

"The rural economy is uniquely impacted by what happens in Washington, the broader U.S. economy and around the world," says Dan Kowalski, vice president of CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division. "In the coming year, rural America will rise with the broader economic tide, but it will also contend with persistent barriers to prosperity."

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