August 3, 2007
Senate Bill Bolsters Agriculture Research
Spending on the principal federal program for academic research and education in agriculture would rise by 4.4 percent in 2008, to $700.8-million, under a bill approved in July by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The budget would rise by 1.8 percent, to $458.5-million, for extension services in the Agriculture Department's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.
Earmarks would return to the spending bill, but at a reduced level compared with two years
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