Legislative Agricultural Chairs VII
State
Agriculture and Rural Leaders
Proposed
Resolution 2009-2
A
Resolution in Support of
Agriculture Research Funding for the Land Grant University System
WHEREAS: the nations Land Grant
University system was founded during the
administration of Abraham Lincoln and has provided most of the
agriculture
research accomplished in the U.S.; and
WHEREAS: Land Grant Universities
continue
to play a vital role in agricultural research and the dissemination of
those
research results to farmers and consumers; and
WHEREAS: federal funding for Land
Grant Universities has been waning; and
WHEREAS:
State Agriculture and Rural
Leaders recognizes these financial
challenges; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, that
State Agriculture and Rural Leaders urge Congress and the
administration to recognize
the importance or Land Grant Agricultural research in the future of the
global
food supply and at a minimum, continue current funding and where
appropriate,
increase funding support for agricultural research and extension; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of
this
resolution be sent to the agriculture committees of the state and
provincial
legislatures, the United States Congress and Secretary of Agriculture.