The Rural Blog

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky. Links may expire, require subscription or go behind pay walls. Please send news and knowledge you think would be useful to benjy.hamm@uky.edu.

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Quick hits: SS Edmund Fitzgerald mystery remains; internet carriers team up; complex beef pricing; what to wear for extreme-weather reporting

Quick hits: No.1 favorite ice cream; ousting rogue drones; big find by NASA's Curiosity Rover; some good news

Once a stalwart Republican, this Wisconsin dairy farmer is reconsidering his position because of ICE and immigration

Quick hits: Mississippi bans lab-grown dairy; Lawyers for Reporters; pay phones help boomers and zoomers connect

20% of beef purchases today are from "beef-on-dairy" cattle

In the 'Trump economy,' this dairy farmer and his family still struggle to make ends meet

Agriculture leaders warn of possible 'widespread collapse of American agriculture' without significant changes

Whole and 2% milk will return to public school lunchrooms soon

Quick hits: Cold Case Card Deck to solve crimes; USPS podcast; Walmart's new milk plant; states snip SNAP snacks

Quick hits: Dairy farming with a robot; CSA debate; Farmers' Almanac ends; rural hospital success; goodbye penny

Quick hits: Bakery sign debate; global cheese demand; Marlboro man's mystique; discover the Stargazer Highway

Quick hits: Racing cars with a 'twist;' egg prices slide; lower tariff for 'happy nut;' bird flu cases slow; PFAS trial

To prevent bird flu, farmers invest in lasers to discourage wild birds from flying over farm animal operations

U.S. dairy industry sees a positive side to new tariffs. Grain and soybean farmers share a pessimistic outlook.

New bird flu mutation found in dairy cows worries experts. The variant causes more severe human infections.