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The FCC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture together spend more than $5 billion on projects designed to hook up rural America to high-speed internet.

This 1930's era photo supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service shows the general merchandise store in Tiller, Ore. Almost all of the downtown in Tiller, a dying timber town in remote southwestern Oregon, is for sale for $3.5 million and the elementary school is for sale separately for $350,000. A potential buyer has come forward but is remaining anonymous -- and back-up offers are still being accepted. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service via AP)

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This 1930's era photo supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service shows a crew of forest workers in Tiller, Ore. Almost all of the downtown in Tiller, a dying timber town in remote southwestern Oregon, is for sale for $3.5 million and the elementary school is for sale separately for $350,000. A potential buyer has come forward but is remaining anonymous -- and back-up offers are still being accepted. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service via AP)

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This 1930's era photo supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service shows a scene in Tiller, Ore. Almost all of the downtown in Tiller, a dying timber town in remote southwestern Oregon, is for sale for $3.5 million and the elementary school is for sale separately for $350,000. A potential buyer has come forward but is remaining anonymous -- and back-up offers are still being accepted. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service via AP)

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FILE - In this April 4, 2013 file photo a central Illinois corn and soybean farmer cultivates his field for spring planting in Waverly, Ill. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its annual forecast released Monday, March 31, 2014 the number of acres devoted to corn is expected to shrink about 4 percent this year as farmers devote more of their land to soybeans. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

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In this May 5, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, three of the 80 beehives on Brookview Farm in Manakin-Sabot, Va., are seen. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)

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In this May 22, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a queen Italian honeybee, the large bee just left of center, is surrounded on an apiary nest in Washington, D.C. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)

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In this May 21, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a honeybee is attracted to a flower near an apiary in Washington, D.C. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)

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In this May 22, 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, honeybees with "saddlebags" of pollen attached to their hind legs return to an apiary in Washington, D.C. The USDA hopes to help honeybees by providing $3 million to farmers and ranchers in five states to improve their pastures. It turns out that dairy cows and bees like many of the same plants. (AP Photo/USDA, Lance Cheung)

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Helena National Forest Supervisor Bill Avey, center, shows U.S. Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Robert Bonnie the logging that has been done along the Upper Tenmile on Red Mountain, near Helena, Mont., on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will spend $30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Eliza Wiley)

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FILE -- In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photo, two women work in the sleeving plant where labels are put on containers at Chobani Greek Yogurt in South Edmeston, N.Y. Team USA sponsor Chobani, which is based in upstate New York, says it has 5,000 cups of Greek yogurt sitting in a refrigerated warehouse waiting to be flown to the Olympic village. But Russian authorities say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has refused to provide a certificate that is required for dairy products under its customs rules. A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman says the agency is working with its Russian counterpart to reach a solution to allow the Chobani shipment to go through despite the lack of agreement on general trade requirements for dairy products.(AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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FILE - This Jan. 13, 2012 file photo shows cups of Chobani Yogurt at Chobani Greek Yogurt in South Edmeston, N.Y. Team USA sponsor Chobani, which is based in upstate New York, says it has 5,000 cups of Greek yogurt sitting in a refrigerated warehouse waiting to be flown to the Olympic village. But Russian authorities say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has refused to provide a certificate that is required for dairy products under its customs rules. A U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman says the agency is working with its Russian counterpart to reach a solution to allow the Chobani shipment to go through despite the lack of agreement on general trade requirements for dairy products.(AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)