By Editorial Staff, November 13, 2017
(Published on Omaha World-Herald)
This promising research is part of a broader effort to develop new strategies to address intestinal ailments such as Crohn’s disease…Read more.
Contact: Dan Klotz, 301-280-5756 / dklotz@burness.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SoAR Foundation: White House Budget Request Takes Significant Steps to Fund Competitive Agricultural Research Grants Program WASHINGTON, DC (February 10, 2020)—The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation applauds the Trump administration’s budget request of $600 million in FY2021 for the USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). If approved by Congress, AFRI’s annual budget would move much closer to the 2008 Farm Bill authorization of $700 million; in FY2020 the program was funded at $425 million.
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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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Rural America is at the epicenter of multiple challenges facing our country including higher COVID rates, higher poverty rates, and significant infrastructure needs, from roads and bridges to rural broadband.
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