Digital Divide Narrowing Between Rural & Urban Areas
By Chuck Abbott
The so-called digital divide between rural and urban areas is narrowing, with the result that farmers are nearly as likely as their city neighbors to have internet access. A biennial USDA survey says 71% of farms are on the internet, nearly the same as the U.S. average of 73% or 75%. It’s a big step up from 2009, when fewer than 60% of farms had a connection.
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