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Rural blog The Daily Yonder says the American countryside is in trouble. Because of both natural population decrease and outmigration, rural counties are shrinking fast.
A cool map, created by USDA demographer Calvin Beale, shows the trend.
The reasons for the population decline are complicated, but one thing is clear: The new farm bill isn’t helping.
