High speed initiative

High-speed internet is slow to reach the farm. Read how to upgrade and improve your online viewership.


The Need to Speed

Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, From the editor, Karen McMahon

Farmers who can't find a machinery part or locate an agricultural equipment company sometimes call our office for help. Our Talk page, popular with many...

Leap to Speed

Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest

Early in the morning, in the middle of the day and oftentimes late at night, Jeff Ryan makes a short trip to his farm office, where he jumps on the information...

Ready to Speed?

Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest

Farm Industry News readers are more likely to access the Internet with a high-speed connection than are farmers and ranchers in agriculture at large....

Reasons to SPEED

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest

If you don't have high-speed Internet, it may be hard to understand what all the fuss is about. Most readers of Farm Industry News may be in exactly that...

High-SPEED options

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Hest

High-Speed internet service is available virtually everywhere in the Corn Belt, and in all but a few locations anywhere in the U.S. That reality is contrary...

5 Steps to Overcome Internet Fears

Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest

If fear of computer viruses, hackers and identity thieves are standing in the way of your decision to sign up for a high-speed Internet connection, you're...

The Connected Farm

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest

When Clay Mitchell and his father Wade made the leap to assisted steering technology in 2000, they upped the ante by asking that the real-time kinematic...

Connect to Speed

Feb 15, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest

In the past few issues, we at Farm Industry News have encouraged readers to consider adopting a high-speed Internet connection as a standard tool for...

High-Speed rural hot spots

Mar 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David Hest

Tom Henry farms in one of the most sparsely populated regions of the U.S., but he is on the cutting edge when...

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