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University of Idaho seeks viticulture specialist and maintenance funds for new dairy facility
Summary
Michael Perella, dean of the University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, asked the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee on Feb. 1 to fund a viticulture and small-fruits research and extension specialist at Parma and to provide building maintenance funding for the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment in Rupert.
Michael Perella, dean of the University of Idaho's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, asked the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee on Feb. 1 to fund a viticulture and small-fruits research and extension specialist at Parma and to provide building maintenance funding for the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, a research dairy under construction in Rupert.
Perella framed the requests in the college's land-grant mission, tracing the college's history to the Morrill Act of 1862 and noting subsequent federal laws that created experiment stations and cooperative extension. "We are the beneficiary of that," Perella said, summarizing the college's research and outreach obligations.
Why it matters: Perella told the committee the viticulture position would support a growing wine-grape industry across multiple American Viticultural Areas in Idaho by providing…
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