Library U focuses on ag tech, rural business, immigration

Local residents learned more about rural businesses, technology on the farm, how to become a legal U.S. resident and other topics at Library U programs this fall at Marysville Public Library.

Ruralpreneurs in Kansas are enterprising businesspeople from all parts of the state, including Marshall County, Ron Wilson, director of K-State’s Huck Boyd Institute for Rural Development, told an audience Nov. 21.

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