USDA Invests $4.2 Million in Rural Broadband for Oklahoma Families

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(Muse, Oklahoma, Nov. 5, 2019) – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey today announced USDA has invested over $4.2 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for rural households and farms in Oklahoma. This is one of many funding announcements in the first round of USDA’s ReConnect Pilot Program investments.

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I'm glad to see this because everything is done over the internet now and it puts small farmers at a big disadvantage when they don't have access. I don't think that will be enough money though. Oklahoma is awfully long and there are tons of rural areas.
 
 
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