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Committee approves Research and Extension budget with modest FTE increases, funds projects and facilities
Summary
The committee adopted amendments and advanced Senate Bill 2020—the research and extension budget—which includes $2.47 million in CIF funding for capital projects, added 4.37 FTEs net, and funds several branch research center projects and building items.
The Appropriations Committee adopted amendments and advanced Senate Bill 2020, the research and extension budget, after extended discussion of program priorities, branch research center needs and capital projects.
Representative Fisher, the bill carrier, walked the committee through the multiple components of the budget—extension service, Northern Crops Institute, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, main research station, branch research centers, and the agronomy seed farm—and explained that the appropriation package is made up of a mix of…
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