Science Magazine: White House to Ask for Big Boost for Farm Science Funding

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From Changing How Wheat Pollinates to Using Drones and Sensors that Optimize Farming Methods, New Report Identifies how to Supercharge Ag Science in the US

A new report issued today showed how U.S. farmers—facing a surge of weather events and disease outbreaks—can increase production and revenues with innovations produced by federally funded agricultural research.

The SoAR Foundation Praises Funding Increase for USDA’s Flagship Competitive Science Program

The Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation applauds the $435 million in FY2021 funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) that was included in the FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act that passed the House and Senate.

The Hill: Agriculture faces a scientific innovation drought

The agriculture sector is critical to the overall U.S. economy, accounting for nearly $1 trillion of our gross domestic product (GDP) and one in 10 jobs. Ag R&D has an estimated return on investment of 20 to 1. But the federal government’s support for the scientific innovation needed by this sector has run dry, and our farmers have lost too much ground to overseas competitors.