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There has been a recent wave of connectivity and guidance products released for farm machinery. Here are a handful of considerations to keep in mind before buying into a system for your fleet.

Minor space weather events have temporarily knocked out corrections signals over Canada and The Dakotas in the past. Would your farm be ready for a more severe outage?

Utilizing the Starlink network, this solution will allow farmers facing rural connectivity challenges to fully leverage precision agriculture technologies.

From improved telehealth services to reimagined small-town hospitals, the National Rural Health Association is working to help folks in farm country tap into more and better medical care options.

The Last Acre Act would help expand high-speed internet access across eligible farmland, ranchland and farm sites. At least 15% of farms and ranches have no access to the internet today. 

“Producers looking to adopt precision ag technologies need network connectivity that extends far past their residences. They need to be able to make real-time decisions that increase yields," says Sen. Fischer (R-Neb.).

The House on Friday averted a government shutdown by voting 225 to 201 in favor of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023—the omnibus spending bill. Here's what's in it for ag.

Starlink might be a fit for any user, but deep in the boonies, it’s a near miracle.

Thompson is gearing up to replace Rep. Scott as the House Ag chairman in Jan. With his new title in tow, Thompson will be working alongside current Senate Ag Chairwoman Stabenow to pass farm bill 2023. 

Such events show just how vulnerable we are to attacks that can randomly take major portions of our infrastructure off-line without warning.

Here is how some of the roughly $82 billion in agricultural spending could be dispersed.

The future is here, and for the future of agriculture, it is not a moment too soon.

In just the past decade billions of dollars have been spent on closing the digital divide. Despite the outlay, 2020 showcased the size and scope of the problem.

The White House is moving forward in the "race to 5G" and is also investing more money into rural broadband, helping better connect underserved areas of the country.

Government and private industry will strengthen infrastructure

Rural broadband continues to get attention from Washington, as it works to bridge the digital divide.

In the latest Farm Journal Pulse survey, 888 farmers responded to share their thoughts on which sectors are in the direst need of updating. Roads and bridges are clearly at the top of that list.

President Donald Trump has promised to expand broadband service to rural areas as part of his $1 trillion nationwide infrastructure plan. That may be easier said than done.