There is truly no better place to live and raise a family than rural America. If we’re going to keep our rural communities going strong for our children and grandchildren, however, we must have infrastructure improvements that support agriculture and connect all rural Americans to the tools and services they need to thrive.

In the past, our rural communities have been left in the dust by spending projects that focused improvements on urban and suburban areas. Meanwhile, our bridges, locks, dams, highways and railways have deteriorated. This creates a real threat to the health of our communities and to U.S. agriculture’s position as a world leader. If we can’t find an efficient, reliable way to get our crops to market, someone else will. And it’s not just our farm businesses that rely on rural infrastructure but our local communities and the millions of jobs across rural and urban America that agriculture supports. That’s why we’re so excited about the potential for infrastructure improvements that the President and Congress have called for, and we are grateful this administration has made strengthening all regions of the country a priority.

Read the full article on the American Farm Bureau website.