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Agriculture budget highlights: meat science lab, veterinary loan expansion and resilient food grants
Summary
The Department of Agriculture presented a FY2026 request covering core operations, a new meat science laboratory at University of Missouri, veterinary student loan funding, Resilient Food System Infrastructure grants and programs administered through MASBDA and the Missouri Grown initiative.
Department of Agriculture Director Chris Ch—23n told the committee the state’s agriculture economy is large and facing challenges — drought, commodity prices and input costs — and outlined the governor’s recommended FY26 budget for the agency.
"Missouri's agriculture industry is a $93,700,000,000 industry," Director Chen said, noting about 460,000 Missourians work in agriculture and nearly 88,000 farms operate statewide.
The governor’s recommended items and agency highlights presented to the committee included:
- Meat science laboratory at the University of Missouri: A one‑time appropriation previously provided planning funding; construction work is underway and the department and the Missouri wine and grape board reported site preparation and…
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