The CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says the US has fallen behind in funding ag research and trade programs.
Ted McKinney tells Brownfield research funding for land-grant institutions was a low priority in the last two farm bills and hopes that changes in the 2023 legislation. “And we’re now seeing some laboratories in universities, in some departments of ag waning. As you try to recruit new employees, you always have to be doing that.
