American Farm Bureau Federation
The American Farm Bureau Federation, more commonly referred to as Farm Bureau, is farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world.
Market Watch
January 20, 2020
U.S.: Sustainability and New Technology Highlighted at AFBF 2020
The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 101st Annual Convention and Trade Show is underway in Austin, TX. In keeping with the theme of this year’s convention, “Sustaining America’s Agriculture,” workshops focused on steps farmers and ranchers can take to enhance...
Market Watch
January 2, 2020
U.S. to Redraw Broadband Coverage Maps to Triage Investment
The House of Representatives passed Farm Bureau-backed legislation that will improve the accuracy of broadband coverage maps to better identify needs.
The Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability (DATA) Act (H.R. 4229) requires broadband providers to report more specific data...
Connectivity
July 17, 2019
U.S.: FCC Prepares to Launch Precision Agriculture Connectivity Task Force
The Federal Communications Commission is forming a new task force to advise the commission on how to ensure farmers and ranchers have the connectivity they need to use and benefit from precision agriculture, according to an article by the...
Market Watch
June 19, 2019
U.S. Agriculture Would Get $64.5-Billion Boost With Rural Broadband
According to USDA’s “A Case for Rural Broadband,” if access to broadband and adoption of digital agricultural technologies matched producer demand, U.S. agriculture would realize benefits amounting to nearly 18% of total U.S. market production, or $64.5 billion annually,...
Connectivity
March 28, 2019
Census Question Wording May Have Skewed the Numbers on Rural Broadband Access
Is it possible for a couple of words on one question in the U.S. Census to create data that misleads lawmakers, regulators, and the general public about the availability of broadband internet access in Rural America? A recent report...
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