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Speakers at dedication cite $300M‑plus in Ag Enhancement payouts and the program’s statewide impact
Summary
At the dedication for Stratton Bone, state lawmakers and the agriculture commissioner recounted the history and funding of the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program, attributing the program’s founding and large farmer payouts to Bone’s legislative work; speakers gave differing payout totals and project counts and described the program’s funding sources.
Speakers at the Lebanon dedication for Sam Stratton Bone used the occasion to restate the origins and economic impact of the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program, crediting Bone with creating or championing the effort and citing multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar payouts to farmers across the state.
State Representative John Ray Clemens said the law initially written and championed by Bone "has resulted in tremendous value to Tennessee farmers," and cited totals of "over $289,000,000 to date to farmers in all 95 counties" and "over 92,500 projects" funded. Clemens read a joint house/senate…
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