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EDITOR'S PICKS

 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows12-6
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online12-6
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His
   Life12-5
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection
   Program12-5
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair12-4



Cotton
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His Life
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair

Grain
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Peanuts
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Policy
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024
 * Dollar Falls to Three Month Low

Rice
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Tree and Vine
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Weather
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His Life
 * Thompson On Cotton: Market Desperately Searching For Direction
 * Drought, Excessive Heat Cause $1.69B In Damage To Louisiana Agriculture,
   Forestry
 * Southwest Georgia Weather Far From Ideal For Growing Cotton in 2023, Yet
   Harvest Yields a Nice Surprise for One Farmer
 * Better Yields and Improved Crop Prices Propel Ag Economists’ Outlooks for
   2024


USDA RELEASES MAP SHOWING AREAS APPROVED FOR ITS BROADBAND CONNECTION PROGRAM

December 5, 2023
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The ReConnect Program is USDA’s largest effort aimed at filling gaps in
high-speed internet in unserved and underserved rural areas. The program was
created on a pilot basis in 2018 and appropriated more than $5 billion between
fiscal years 2018 and 2023. Its grants and loans provide funds that help the
private sector provide broadband service to rural areas, which otherwise may not
be profitable to reach.

ReConnect reached an estimated 21 percent of the eligible rural population in
its first two funding rounds, which involved applications submitted in FY 2019
and 2020. Applicants had to propose to provide a minimum broadband speed to all
residences, businesses, and farms in proposed areas (25 megabits per second
download and 3 megabits per second upload during the first two funding rounds).



Most applicants were small telecommunications companies or cooperatives.
Researchers with the USDA’s Economic Research Service examined proposed and
approved projects from the applications submitted in fiscal years 2019 and 2020
to find that about 57 percent of proposed projects were funded.

The most common reasons that applications were not approved were that broadband
service was already available in the proposed service area, lack of financial
feasibility of the proposal, and missing or insufficient information.



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Cotton
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His Life
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair

Grain
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Peanuts
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Policy
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024
 * Dollar Falls to Three Month Low

Rice
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Tree and Vine
 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection Program
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair
 * 5 Balance Sheet Busters to Watch in 2024

Weather
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His Life
 * Thompson On Cotton: Market Desperately Searching For Direction
 * Drought, Excessive Heat Cause $1.69B In Damage To Louisiana Agriculture,
   Forestry
 * Southwest Georgia Weather Far From Ideal For Growing Cotton in 2023, Yet
   Harvest Yields a Nice Surprise for One Farmer
 * Better Yields and Improved Crop Prices Propel Ag Economists’ Outlooks for
   2024



Industry/Press Releases

 * USDA RELEASES MAP SHOWING AREAS APPROVED FOR ITS BROADBAND CONNECTION PROGRAM

 * JOHN DEERE DELIVERS ENHANCED CUSTOMER SOLUTION FOR SELF-REPAIR

 * JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, TO DONATE $19 MILLION

 * USDA REPORTS GROWTH RATE OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT HAS SLOWED

 * AGRITECHNICA 2023: NEW TRENDS SHAPE EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY

 * BASF OPENS ENROLLMENT FOR EXCLUSIVE COTTON CLUB, TRUCK LEASE SWEEPSTAKES

 * USDA RELEASES UPDATED PLANT HARDINESS ZONE MAP


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EDITOR'S PICKS

 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows12-6
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online12-6
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His
   Life12-5
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection
   Program12-5
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair12-4



From Industry

 * USDA RELEASES MAP SHOWING AREAS APPROVED FOR ITS BROADBAND CONNECTION PROGRAM

 * JOHN DEERE DELIVERS ENHANCED CUSTOMER SOLUTION FOR SELF-REPAIR

 * JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, TO DONATE $19 MILLION

 * USDA REPORTS GROWTH RATE OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT HAS SLOWED





EDITOR'S PICKS

 * Fed Eyes Interest-Rate Cuts for 2024 as U.S. Economy Slows12-6
 * USDA Now Accepting Applications For Farm Loans Online12-6
 * West Tennessee Farmer Says He Just Harvested the Best Cotton Crop of His
   Life12-5
 * USDA Releases Map Showing Areas Approved For Its Broadband Connection
   Program12-5
 * John Deere Delivers Enhanced Customer Solution For Self-Repair12-4


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 * JOHN DEERE DELIVERS ENHANCED CUSTOMER SOLUTION FOR SELF-REPAIR

 * JOHN DEERE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY, TO DONATE $19 MILLION

 * USDA REPORTS GROWTH RATE OF GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT HAS SLOWED

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