By Kelly Servick, March 23, 2018
(Originally posted on Science Magazine)
Farm science advocates had some success this year in boosting federal funding for the discipline…Read more)
Groundbreaking legislation welcomed by broad coalition Washington DC (September 10, 2019)—New legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) would mandate a budget increase for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) four primary research agencies. Presently, private sector spending on food and agricultural research is nearly three times the amount invested by the federal government despite the funding sources being equivalent as recently as 2004.
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Our rural communities, farmers, ranchers, foresters, and producers are at the epicenter of multiple challenges facing our country: the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the need to strengthen and ensure parity in our interconnected food and agricultural systems, and competition with other countries to feed the growing world population while still meeting our country's nutritional needs. As we celebrate National Agriculture Week, strengthening investments in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs will help rebuild rural America, improve our agriculture and food systems, safeguard our national security, and provide solutions to climate change and additional resources for socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers, ranchers, and producers.
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The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation today announced the appointments of Neil Dierks of the National Pork Producers Council, Chris Novak of the National Corn Growers Association, Erik Olson of Natural Resources Defense Council, and Richard Wilkins of the American Soybean Association to its board of directors.
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