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Agriculture officials outline FY2025–26 requests; lawmakers press on recovery projects, accounts receivable and school‑meal payments
Summary
Department of Agriculture leaders told the House Finance Committee on May 9 that their FY2025–26 request includes about $38.46 million in general‑fund support (consolidated $42.9M) and emphasized priorities including an agro‑profile, youth farm access and recovery project completion.
Top leaders from Puerto Rico’s Department of Agriculture and its component agencies appeared before the House Finance Committee on May 9 to summarize budget requests for FY2025–26, give an update on federal recovery and grant awards, and answer lawmakers’ questions about accounts receivable, project schedules and program delivery.
Secretary Josué Rivera Castro opened with a high‑level summary: the department requested about $38.46 million in general‑fund support and a consolidated budget of roughly $42.9 million. He outlined program priorities including an agricultural statistics and economics office, a digital farmer profile ("agroperfil") to inventory land and producer data, support for youth and women farmers, seed and germplasm work, and efforts to increase local food production and market linkages.
Authority of Lands: arrears and recovery projects Agrónoma Elga Méndez Soto, director executive of the Authority of Lands (Autoridad de Tierras), told the committee the authority’s requested budget is $18,076,211 (requested) versus a lower baseline…
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