Max Armstrong looks at news that rural hospitals are closing and it's gotten worse since the COVID-19 pandemic. Max shares insight from the University of Minnesota showing that rural hospitals were struggling before elective services were banned. That loss is putting many more in trouble and Max shares stats on this growing crisis.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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