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Senate committee hears Department of Agriculture budget; EDIF cut of $1.1 million noted
Summary
Luke Drury, senior fiscal analyst for the Legislative Research Division, reviewed the Department of Agriculture budget and told the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee the Senate position deletes about $1.1 million in EDIF funding that previously supported marketing staff.
Luke Drury, senior fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Division, presented the Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) budget to the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and identified key differences between the agency—s request, the House budget position and the Senate—s actions.
Drury told the committee that the Senate position deletes $1,100,000 in EDIF funding for the KDA—s agriculture marketing program; Drury said that funding supported roughly 10 FTEs in that program and that the Senate position deleted the money but not the positions. "That is an amount of $1,100,000 and…
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