When I tell people I meet in big cities that I’m from a town of 700 people, the sort of place where everyone is cousins, I’m often met with a sympathetic wince. Most people presume I had a difficult ...

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New survey data from the 2025 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll shows growing awareness of soil compaction risks among farmers.

Rural Americans—particularly men—are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...

A 60-year-old man living in rural America today is expected to live on average two fewer years than his urban counterpart. (Photo by John Sekutowski / Unsplash) This story was originally published by ...