News and Press Releases
News and Updates
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Aug 10, 2007
Sign Rural Development Letter to Senate Ag. Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Your Action Is Needed Today to Help Generate State, Regional and Local Partner Signatures for a $2 Billion Rural Development Package
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Jun 8, 2007
Rural Entrepreneurial Development in Farm Bill Proposal
Lyons, NE – Representative Mike McIntyre’s rural development proposal for the 2007 farm bill will create jobs, income and economic opportunity in rural North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Rural Center of Raleigh and the Center for Rural Affairs, located in Lyons, NE.
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Jun 7, 2007
Rural development letter to speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Apr 26, 2007
Rural development title finds support on Capitol Hill
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin has strongly endorsed the Campaign for a Renewed Rural Development, a new NACo-led coalition of 27 national organizations urging Congress to include a strong rural development title in the 2007 Farm Bill. -
Apr 25, 2007
Senator Clinton Calls for Strong Rural Development in Next Farm Bill
Washington, DC – At a press conference today on Capitol Hill, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton joined with fellow members of Congress and leading rural organizations to call for strong rural development provisions in the next farm bill. Senator Clinton was among a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives commended for leadership in rural economic development.