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Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota Farm Number And Size Trends, Jake Cummings, W. Trevor Brooks, Donna Hess, Diane Kayongo-Male
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota Farm Number And Size Trends, Jake Cummings, W. Trevor Brooks, Donna Hess, Diane Kayongo-Male
Census Data Center Newsletter: 2007-2010
If you have ever wondered about changes in the number of farms in your state or county, the latest U.S. Census of Agriculture can help answer your questions. New Census of Agriculture information is both interesting and useful. Census of Agriculture data can be used to analyze farm trends, inform agricultural policy, and direct farm spending (2007 Census of Agriculture).
"So Long As I Can Read": Farm Women's Reading Experiences In Depression-Era South Dakota, Lisa Lindell
"So Long As I Can Read": Farm Women's Reading Experiences In Depression-Era South Dakota, Lisa Lindell
Hilton M. Briggs Library Faculty Publications
During the Great Depression, with conditions grim, entertainment scarce, and educational opportunities limited, many South Dakota farm women relied on reading to fill emotional, social, and informational needs. To read to any degree, these rural women had to overcome multiple obstacles. Extensive reading (whether books, farm journals, or newspapers) was limited to those who had access to publications and could make time to read. The South Dakota Free Library Commission was valuable in circulating reading materials to the state's rural population. In the 1930s the commission collaborated with the USDA's Extension Service in a popular reading project geared toward South …
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: Private Industry Change In South Dakota, Priyanka Chatterjee, W. Trevor Brooks, Michael Mccurry
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: Private Industry Change In South Dakota, Priyanka Chatterjee, W. Trevor Brooks, Michael Mccurry
Census Data Center Newsletter: 2007-2010
South Dakota leaders continue to emphasize the importance of economic development. One aspect of assessing economic development is private industry growth. The South Dakota Chamber of Commerce states:
Economic development is not a choice but rather a necessity. Economies that are advancing create jobs with higher pay, offer people amenities and necessities, and provide the tax base for schools, infrastructure, and law enforcement plus many of the intangibles known as “quality of life.” (South Dakota Chamber of Commerce 2006). Private sector jobs make up a large percentage of South Dakota’s jobs. Capitalistic economies, like the United States’, depend on the …
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota Net Migration Estimates, Trevor Brooks, Joel Vargas, Michael Mccurry
Rural Life Census Data Center Newsletter: South Dakota Net Migration Estimates, Trevor Brooks, Joel Vargas, Michael Mccurry
Census Data Center Newsletter: 2007-2010
Migration brings important changes for both migrants and communities. Migration into a community can mean a new community dynamic: individuals who migrate bring their views of the world with them, and sometimes these ideas, values, and beliefs breed conflict (Blau 1994). And migration out of a community also can bring change: rural counties with high out-migration rates may also experience long-term economic hardships (Johnson 2006). South Dakota is affected by both in-migration and out-migration.