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Public programs that invest in rural America reduce poverty and expand the economy, an economist tells the Senate ag committee. Senators must exercise leadership to preserve these effective programs.

EDITORS NOTE: Bruce A. Weber is an economist who testified before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry as part of the committees budget deliberations. His testimony (adapted slightly) appears below. Weber urged the committee to exercise caution about threats to rural development programs that support such things as affordable housing, broadband expansion, water and electric utilities construction, and small business development.

Four fundamental structural realities drive the future of rural America and its farm economy.

My colleagues have discussed the structural challenges in the current agricultural economy and how farm programs address the challenges facing farms. I would like to discuss the structural challenges facing the rural economy and how rural development programs address these inherent challenges. The takeaway is that place-based federal rural investments stimulated income and job growth and reduced poverty in rural areas.

Several recent studies support this conclusion:

I would suggest some specific examples of rural investments that I believe are important for rural people and places based on my 40 years of studying rural economies:

The rural development programs [the Senate ag committee] has developed over many decades have a significant positive impact on Americas rural communities. Many of these programs are currently at grave risk. This is a critical moment for Senate to exercise leadership in ensuring that rural communities have the supports they need to thrive as they face the future.

Bruce A. Weber is professor emeritus of applied economics, Oregon State University,

and senior economist of Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).

2015 Center for Rural Strategies

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Effective Rural Programs Are at 'Grave Risk' - Daily Yonder

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