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)
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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The Agricultural Appropriations Subcommittee in the House of Representatives released the conference report for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) budget in FY19 today, proposing a $15M increase for the agency’s flagship competitive research program and a $72M increase for its entire research portfolio.
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Innovation is key as farmers and food producers wrestle with unstable markets for their inputs and outputs. This innovation is driven by federally funded agricultural research, which provides the basic research foundation for all of the high-tech answers. As the 2018 Farm Bill is drafted and debated, we look forward to keeping farm science programs like the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative—the USDA’s flagship competitive research program—in the middle of the conversation.
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