October 8, 2009

Promised Increase in Federal Farm Research Funds Buoys Public Colleges

By Paul Basken

Washington

The secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, promised on Thursday an aggressive plan for boosting federal spending on farm-related research, cheering up public colleges that expect to be the chief beneficiaries.

The program features a new National Institute of Food and Agriculture, approved last year by Congress, with a budget just over $1.3-billion. Mr. Vilsack said the new institute would offer grants and seek to bring farm research on a par organizationally with research financed by

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