The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor says ‘rapid’ progress continues in developing a one-of-a-kind, on campus USDA research facility.
Ronnie Green tells Brownfield funding for the National Center for Regenerative Precision Agriculture is being secured in the next federal budget cycle. “First, planning funding for that was put into this year’s budget – $11.2 million in planning funding. We are now in the process of getting the next level of funding for this center.”
In December, Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry, ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, secured the money as part of an omnibus appropriations bill.
