APLU Applauds Inclusion of Mandatory Funding in Agricultural Research Facilities in Senate Farm Bill Package

Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today released the following statement on the inclusion of the Research Facilities Act (RFA) and mandatory investment of at least $1 billion in public universities’ research facilities in the Farm Bill framework Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) unveiled last week.
 
“The public and land-grant university community applauds the critical mandatory investments in agriculture research facilities in the Senate Farm Bill package that Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Ranking Member Boozman released last week. We are grateful to Senator Boozman for his leadership on critical infrastructure needed to ensure the U.S. remains the world’s most innovative, productive, and vibrant agricultural sector. This funding would help address the substantial deferred national maintenance backlog of over $11.5 billion that has strained cutting-edge agricultural research. Moving forward, APLU urges Congress to advance a timely, bipartisan, and bicameral Farm Bill that includes these critical investments and supports the agriculture research key to global competitiveness, food security, nutrition, and environmental sustainability.”