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University of Idaho urges funding for viticulture specialist and maintenance for new research dairy
Summary
Michael Perella, dean of the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, told the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee the college requests a viticulture and small‑fruits research and extension specialist to be based at Parma and building maintenance funding for the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment research dairy in Rupert.
Michael Perella, dean of the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, told the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee that the college is asking the Legislature to fund a viticulture and small-fruits research and extension specialist to be based in Parma and to provide building maintenance funding for the Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, a research dairy being completed in Rupert.
Perella framed the requests in the college’s land‑grant mission, saying, "the land grant mission, that is the DNA of the College of Ag and Life Sciences at the University of Idaho." He told senators the college hires faculty who must engage stakeholders and deliver applied research…
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