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SoAR Foundation Appreciates the 2.4% Budget Increase for USDA’s Flagship Science Program, the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, in FY2020

The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation welcomes increased funding for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).

With Senate and House Hearings, Congress to Assess $700M Request for Agricultural Research

Congress continues examining the ambitious proposal to double the budget for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the USDA’s premier source of competitively awarded, peer reviewed research grants. The proposal would increase AFRI’s budget line to $700 million, the amount Congress authorized for the program in the 2008 Farm Bill.

American Farm Bureau Federation Op Ed: Better Science Won’t Burn Livelihoods

It’s the midpoint of the avian flu season, but poultry farmers in the U.S. are starting to sigh with relief. After worrisome strains of flu were found in chicken flocks in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky—the heart of our country’s “broiler belt”—no more infected birds have been found and warnings are beginning to lift.