Agricultural Outlook, FoodReview, and Rural America have
all been replaced by Amber Waves. Rural
America ceased publication with the January 2003 issue
(Vol. 17, No. 4).
You can access pdf versions of Rural America below.
The listing below also includes the predecessors to Rural
AmericaRDP (Rural Development Perspectives)
and RCaT (Rural Conditions and Trends).
Past issues are in Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 PDF
format. You can download and get help using the Adobe
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Volume
17, No. 4Feature Articles:"Understanding
Rural Population Loss,"
"Nonmetro Recreation Counties: Their Identification
and Rapid Growth," "Federal Funding in the Delta," "Federal
Funding in Appalachia and Its Three Subregions," "Can
Rural Employment Benefit From Changing Labor Skills in
U.S. Processed Food Trade?," "Economic Impact
of Water/Sewer Facilities on Rural and Urban Communities," "Resource
Conservation and Development Program Reaches a Milestone," "Who
Owns the Land? Agricultural Land Ownership by Race/Ethnicity," "How
Does Growing U.S.-China Trade Affect Rural America?,"
"Farewell Rural America," "Migration: Nonmetro Migration Continues
Downward Trend," "Rural Poverty: Rural Poverty at Record Low in 2000," "Jobs
and Earnings: Rural Earnings Up in 2000, But Much Less Than Urban Earnings," "New
Magazine article."
Volume
17, No. 3Feature Articles:"The
Older Population in 21st Century Rural America,"
"Recent Trends in Older Population Change
and Migration for Nonmetro Areas, 1970-2000," "Federal
Funding in Nonmetro Elderly Counties," "The
Graying Farm Sector: Legacy of Off-Farm Migration," "Small
Rural Communities' Quest for Safe Drinking Water," "Rural
Housing Prices Grew Rapidly in the 1990s," "Socioeconomic
Impacts of the Conservation Reserve Program in
North Dakota," "Farm Labor: Hired Farmworkers'
Earnings Increased in 2001 But Still Trail Most
Occupations,"
"Federal Funds in Rural America: Payments
Vary by Region and Type of County."
Volume
17, No. 2Feature Articles:"Wealth
and Income Contribute Jointly to the
Economic Well-Being of Farm Operator
Households," "Income Inequality
in America: Nonmetro Income Levels
Lower Than Metro, But Income Inequality
Did Not Increase as Fast," "Population
Change in the Midwest: Nonmetro Population
Growth Lags Metro Increase,"
"Rural Health Issues for the Older
Population," "Implications of
Medicare Restructuring for Rural Areas."
Volume
17, No. 1Feature
Articles: "Electric
Market Restructuring: Issues
for Rural America," Small
Town Development in China:
A 21st Century Challenge,"
"Economic Strain and Community
Concerns in Three Meatpacking Communities," and "Expenditures
on Children by Rural Families."
Volume
16, No. 4Feature
Articles:"Transportation
in Rural America: Issues
for the 21st Century," "The
Nation's Inland Waterway
System and Rural America," "Residence
and Farm Experience
Influence Perception
of Agriculture: A Survey
of North Central Residents,"
"Rural Community Response
to Closure or Downsizing
of a Major Employer."
Volume
16, No. 3Feature
Articles: "Reforming
Welfare: Implications
for Rural America,"
"Nonmetro
Labor Markets in
the Era of Welfare
Reform,"
"Welfare Reforms
and Employment
of Single Mothers:
Are Rural Areas
Keeping Pace?" "Poverty
and Welfare Among
Rural Female-Headed
Families: Before
and After PRWORA," and "Is
There A Rural Disadvantage
in Reducing Welfare
and Food Stamp
Participation in
Mississippi and
South Carolina."
Volume
16,
No.
2Feature
Articles: "Rural
Community
Colleges:
Creating
Institutional
Hybrids
for
the
New
Economy," "College
and
Community
in
Partnership:
The
Furniture
College
at
Letterfrack," "Rural
Colleges
as
Catalysts
for
Community
Change:
The
RCCI
Experience,"
and "Innovation
and Replication:
Can Community
College
Successes
Be Repeated?"
Volume
16, No. 1Feature
Articles: "Financial
Well-Being of Small Farm
Households Depends on the
Health of Rural Economies," "Value-Added
Agriculture Policies Across
the 50 States," "Nontraditional
Sources of Venture Capital
for Rural America," "Socioeconomic
Impacts of Agricultural Processing
Plants," and "Regional
Workforce Needs and Training:
The Case of Northeast Minnesota/Northeast
Wisconsin."
Volume
15, No. 4Feature
Articles: "New
South, Old Challenges," "Migrants
in the Rural South
Choose Urban and
Natural Amenities," "New
Economy Manufacturing
Meets Old Economy
Education Policies
in the Rural South," "Educated
Workforce, Quality
Jobs Still Elusive
Goals in the Rural
South," "Most
Persistently Poor
Rural Counties in
the South Remained
Poor in 1995," "Factors
Affecting High Child
Poverty in the Rural
South," and "Welfare
Reform: Remedy for
Persistent Poverty
in the Rural South?"
Volume
15, No. 3Feature
Articles: "Rural
America at
the Turn
of the Century:
One Analyst's
Perspective," "Immigrants
to the Nothern
Plains: Survey
Results from
Nebraska
and North
Dakota," "How
Important
Is Airport
Access for
Rural Business?," "Older
Americans'
Patterns
of Driving
and Using
Other Transportation," "Developing
a Safety
Net for Farm
Households," "Rural
Banks and
the Federal
Home Loan
Bank System," and "USDA's
Self-Help
Loan Program
Provides
Unique Opportunities
for Home
Ownership."
Volume
15,
No.
2Feature
Articles: "Housing
Poverty
in
Rural
Areas
Greater
for
Racial
and
Ethnic
Minorities," "Direct
Loans
Open
Doors
to
Rural
Homeownership,"
"Local
Housing
Policy:
The Small-Town
Myth
and Economic
Development,"
"Skilled
Metro
Workers
Get Highest
Payoffs
for Using
a Computer
at Work," and "Less-Educated
Workers
Face
Limited
Opportunities
To Move
Up to
Good
Jobs."
Volume
15,
No.
1Feature
Articles: "Rural
Consumer
Markets," "Thinking
About
Rural
Manufacturing:
A
Brief
History," "Federal
Funds
in
the
Black
Belt," "Child
Poverty
in
Nonmetro
Areas
in
the
1990's," and "Using
Microenterprise
Programs
in
the
Rural
United
States."
Volume
14,
No.
3Feature
Articles: "Strategic
Planning
for
Telecommunications
Rural
Communities,"
"Innovations
in
the
Delivery
of
Health
Care
Services
to
Rural
Communities:
Telemedicine
and
Limited-Service
Hospitals," "Telecommunications
Access
for
Rural
Americans
With
Disabilities," "Growth
of
the
Oldest
Old
Population
and
Future
Implications
for
Rural
Areas," "Are
Workers
in
the
Rural
South
Ready
for
the
Future?," and
Rural
Issues
in
the
Republic
of
Ireland
and
Northern
Ireland
Common
to
United
States,"
Volume
14,
No.
2Feature
Articles: "Migrants
Settling
Far
and
Wide
in
the
Rural
West,"
"Amenities
Increasingly
Draw
People
to
the
Rural
West," "Jobs
Follow
People
in
the
Rural
Rocky
Mountain
West," "Migrants
to
Oregon
in
the
1990's:
Working
Age,
Near-Retirees,
and
Retirees
Make
Different
Destination
Choices," "Quality
of
Life,
Nontraditional
Income,
and
Economic
Growth:
New
Development
Opportunities
for
the
Rural
West,"
"Employment
Growth
in
the
Rural
West
From
1985
to
1995
Outpaced
the
Nation," "Wildlife
Conservation
and
Economic
Development
in
the
West," "Finding
Common
Ground
on
Western
Lands," and "Water
Markets:
Implications
for
Rural
Areas
of
the
West."
Volume
14,
No.
1Feature
Articles: "Increasing
the
Minimum
Wage:
Implications
for
Rural
Poverty
and
Employment," "Choosing
To
Work
Off-Farm," "Tobacco
Communities
Facing
Change," "Financial
Markets
Serve
Rural
Areas
Reasonably
Well," "Federal
Funding's
Unique
Role
in
Appalachia," and "Nonmetro
Displaced
Workers
Face
Less
Hardship
Than
Metro
Displaced
Workers."
Volume
13,
No.
3Feature
Articles: "The
Continuing
Population
Rebound
in
Nonmetro
America,"
"Racial
and
Spatial
Equity
in
Welfare
Programs:
Interstate
and
Intercounty
Differences
in
Welfare
Spending," "Rural
Poor
Have
Less
Access
to
Supermarkets,
Large
Grocery
Stores," "Local
Government
Financial
Capacity
and
the
Growing
Importance
of
State
Aid," "Do
Rural
Youth
Attain
Their
Educational
Goals?", "Impact
of
the
Telecommunications
Act
of
1996
for
Rural
Areas," and "Multi-Agency
Service
Teams:
A
New
Approach
in
Maine
To
Deliver
Technical
Assistance
to
Rural
Manufacturers."
Volume
13,
No.
2Feature
Articles: "Poverty
of
Older
Women
Across
the
Rural-Urban
Continuum," "Rural
Communities
and
Military
Base
Closings,"
"Rail
Freight
Consolidation
and
Rural
America," "Rural
Manufacturers
in
the
Export
Market," "Employment
in
Small
Towns:
Microbusinesses,
Part-Time
Work,
and
Lack
of
Benefits
Characterize
Iowa
Firms," "Migration,
Residential
Mobility,
and
Poverty
in
Rural
Pennsylvania."
Volume
13,
No.
1Feature
Articles: "Sustaining
the
Great
Plains," "Agriculture
and
New
Agricultural
Policies
in
the
Great
Plains," "Population
Change
in
the
Great
Plains:
A
History
of
Prolonged
Decline,"
"Net
Migration
in
the
Great
Plains
Increasingly
Linked
to
Natural
Amenities
and
Suburbanization," "Can
Manufacturing
Reverse
Rural
Great
Plains
Depopulation?," "Retail/Wholesale
Trade
Employment
Directly
Related
to
Population
Change
in
the
Nonmetro
Great
Plains," "Which
Federal
Programs
Are
Most
Important
for
the
Great
Plains?," "What
Do
Nonemployers
Contribute
to
Retail
and
Service
Opportunities
in
the
Great
Plains?"
Volume
12,
No.
3Feature
Articles: "Overcoming
Persistent
Poverty
and
Sinking
Into
It:
Income
Trends
in
Persistent-Poverty
and
Other
High-Poverty
Counties,
1989-94," "Rural
Labor
Markets
Often
Lead
Urban
Markets
in
Recessions
and
Expansions,"
"Rural
Industry
Clusters
Raise
Local
Earnings," "Commuting
and
the
Economic
Functions
of
Small
Towns
and
Places," "Rural
Areas
in
the
New
Telecommunications
Era," "Industrial
Uses
of
Agricultural
Products
Such
as
Crambe
Play
a
Role
in
Rural
Community
Development," "Sustaining
a
Rural
Black
Farming
Community
in
the
South:
A
Portrait
of
Brooks
Farm,
Mississippi"
Volume
12,
No.
2Feature
Articles: "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"
Volume
12,
No.
1Feature
Articles: "The
Value
of
Rural
America," "The
Value
of
Rural
Life
in
American
Culture,"
"Corridors
of
Value:
Rural
Land
in
Rural
Life," "Why
Americans
Value
Rural
Life," and "Rural
America
as
a
Symbol
of
American
Values"
Volume
11,
No.
3Feature
Articles: "Lone
Eagles
and
High
Fliers
in
Rural
Producer
Services," "Computer
Use
by
Rural
Workers
is
Rapidly
Increasing," "Communities
May
Lose
Military
Retirees
Along
With
Their
Bases," "Minimum
Wage
Increase
Could
Raise
Many
Rural
Workers'
Wages," and "Census
Tracts
More
Precisely
Define
Rural
Populations
and
Areas"
Volume
11,
No.
2Feature
Articles: "State
Rural
Development
Councils
Are
Creating
Public-Private
Partnerships," "Rural
America's
Transportation
Network:
Issues
for
the
1990's," "Deadwood,
South
Dakota
Gambling,
Historic
Preservation,
and
Economic
Revitalization,"
"Rural
Prisons:
An
Update," "Retired
Farm
Operators:
Who
Are
They?" and "Who's
Vulnerable
to
Federal
Budget
Cuts?"
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