Iowa’s $152M Rural Makeover: How Infrastructure Is Seeding the Next AgTech Boom

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent $152 million investment in rural Iowa is more than a one-off funding announcement – it signals a strategic shift toward tech-enabled farming in America’s heartland. Unveiled at the Iowa State Fair, the package spans 19 projects across 20 counties, ranging from a $37 million hospital expansion to 13 water and wastewater upgrades, plus grants for road improvements and rural business growth. Beneath the surface of these infrastructure projects lies a clear economic message: modernizing rural foundations is seen as a prerequisite to unleashing precision agriculture and attracting private capital. In underserved counties that have long struggled to keep pace,

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