Congressman Aderholt Supports Valuable Agricultural Projects
CONGRESSMAN ADERHOLT SUPPORTS VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) today announced that the conferenced Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2006 (H.R. 2744) passed the House, 318 to 63. This legislation includes funding for multiple agricultural research projects that will be done in Alabama. The research will be offered to farmers in many trades across the state.
"The research done through the projects funded in this bill will benefit farmers throughout the state. Better quality beef, higher crop yields, healthier animals, increased industry, and environmental protection are only some of the goals of the research that will be done," said Congressman Aderholt. "Agriculture provides jobs for so many people in the Fourth District, and funding research will sustain these jobs by helping keep our industries on the cutting edge."
Among others, the following projects will be funded through this legislation:
$1,122,000-National Soil Dynamics, Auburn, Ala;
$850,000-Alabama Beef Connection;
$599,000-Precision Agriculture, Tennessee Valley Research Center (Ala);
$1,401,000- Improved Crop Production Practices, Auburn, Ala;
$200,000-Horn Fly Research;
$591,000-Tri State Peanut Research;
$1,073,000-Vaccines and Microbe Control for Fish Health, Auburn, Ala; and
$887,000-Catfish Genome, Auburn, Ala.
"I am especially pleased to see an increase of $120,000 in the Soil Dynamics Lab budget. This funding will provide for research that directly benefits the poultry industry, which is vital to the Alabama economy. I am also pleased to see the Alabama Beef Connection funded at a high level. This program gives beef farmers important planning tools to enhance the great job they already do at producing some of the world's finest beef," added the congressman.
The conferenced version of the bill will now be voted on by the Senate and, upon passage, sent to the President for his signature.
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