Peoria Ag Lab removed from closure list in 2020 budget

Peoria Ag Lab removed from closure list in 2020 budget

Photo courtesy of USDA

Representatives Cheri Bustos

and Darin LaHood have announced the Peoria Ag Lab has been removed from the

closure list and is recommended to be funded in President Trump’s FY2020 budget

proposal.

Bustos says the lab drives

innovation for farmers, consumers and families across the country and calls the

announcement a victory for Peoria and bipartisan cooperation in congress.

LaHood says he is grateful

President Trump recognizes the impact the lab has on central Illinois and

agriculture in the Midwest and for his decision to have the lab fully funded.

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