By Maryn McKenna, July 20, 2016
(Published on National Geographic)
When a deadly disease that was killing millions of piglets suddenly arrived in the United States in 2013, no one was sure at first what was happening…Read more.
The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation praises the proposed $435 million in FY2021 funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) that was included in draft legislation released by the Senate Appropriations Committee today. This is the same amount included in the U.S. House of Representatives FY2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation.
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Farm science advocates had some success this year in boosting federal funding for the discipline
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