Rural Development Perspectives, Vol. 12, No. 2

Douglas E. Bowers, Executive Editor

Rural Development Research Report No. (RDP-Vol. 12, No. 2) March 2001

About this magazine

Nontechnical articles on the results of new rural research and what those results mean. Shows the practical application of research in rural banking, aging, housing, the nonmetro labor force, poverty, and the effect of farm policies on rural areas. Contact: dbowers@ERS.USDA.gov.

In this report ...

Articles are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

• Contents and Editor's Notebook
• Manufacturing and the Midwest Rural Economy: Recent Trends and Implications for the Future
• When Rural Communities Lose Passenger Rail Service
• Direct Farm Marketing as a Rural Development Tool
• Why U.S. Agriculture and Rural Areas Have a Stake in Small Farms
• A County-Level Measure of Urban Influence
• Book Reviews
• Book Announcements

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Updated date: March 2001