Give Input on Topics for 2023 Nebraska Rural Poll

Each year since 1996, the Department of Agricultural Economics has conducted the Nebraska Rural Poll, a mail survey sent to a sample of Nebraskans living in the nonmetropolitan counties to determine their challenges and concerns. The Department conducts the survey in partnership with Rural Prosperity Nebraska and Nebraska Extension. In the survey, core questions are included each year that over time provide insight about the trends and changes occurring in rural Nebraska. In addition, we include new questions in the survey each year to address issues currently facing rural Nebraskans.

We are now preparing to develop the questionnaire for the 2023 Rural Poll (the 28th year of the survey). We invite you to help us determine what new questions should be included this year. What issues do you see in rural Nebraska that need to be addressed? Please fill out this short form to provide your input: https://go.unl.edu/23topics. Also, feel free to send this survey link to others that may have ideas to share.

In the past, we included questions addressing the following topics: taxes, the environment, affordable housing, rural development strategies, large-scale pork production facilities, school finance, the future of rural Nebraska, county office consolidation, cost of living, charitable giving, federal farm policy, successful rural communities, perceptions of rural Nebraska, regional cooperation, personal safety, health care, water issues, community service, housing, alternative energy sources, immigration, retirement, energy, climate change, current economic climate, self-employment, care giving, agriculture and food, technology, animal welfare, natural resources, churches, education, community involvement, business transitions, impacts of the pandemic, and education. For a complete list of previous Rural Poll reports by topic, see http://ruralpoll.unl.edu/topics.shtml

We appreciate you taking the time to help us in this matter. With your input, we hope the survey will continue to address important issues affecting rural Nebraska.