A Midwestern university official says the United States has slipped as a worldwide leader for funding ag research.
“We need more of it, considerably more of it as we move forward.”
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green tells Brownfield in the last 20 years China and Brazil have surpassed the U.S. in funding food and environmental research. “We are beginning to see the need for the reinvestment in those arenas and I’m pleased to see that is beginning to happen at the federal level.”
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the president’s budget proposal includes a 14 percent increase in USDA funding with much of that earmarked for university research.
