Farm bill should double federal funding of agricultural research

Five dozen scientific, farm and activists groups proposed annual increases in federal funding for agricultural research to reach $6 billion over the life of the 2018 farm bill, double the amount now allotted. The groups, “involved in almost every facet of the U.S. agricultural sector,” said the two-to-one return on ag research justifies the investment… » Read More

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