By Natasha Gilbert, February 5, 2016
(Published by Science Magazine)
Farm research backers are making some political gains in their push to double funding for the U.S. government’s premier competitive grants program for agricultural science…Read more.
Representatives from 13 schools and the Supporters of Agricultural Research Foundation will make their case in Washington this week.
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Everyone’s talking about the historic drought in California and how much water the farmers there need. Deep concern is understandable; they grow a large share of our country’s food supply.
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Farmers, beset with a plague of economic complications after 2019’s weather calamities, will need more scientific innovation to thrive in the future. A report released today by the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation illustrates how federally funded agricultural research generates outsized economic benefits that extend for decades. The report was released as Congress works on federal spending for Fiscal Year 2021 and additional economic stimulus to address the COVID-19 pandemic-generated economic downturn.
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