Board on Agriculture Farm Bill Task Force

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Board on Agriculture Farm Bill Task Force

• Presented to SAES/ARD Meeting
• Coeur dAlene, Idaho
• September 26, 2001

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Farm Bill Task ForceCommittee Membership

• Milo Shult, Chair
• Stan Johnson, CES
• Alan Woolf, BNR
• David Sammons, IAS
• Gale Buchanan, BA Budget Chair
• John Nye, BA Budget Vice Chair
• Lorenza Lyons, 1890 Extension
• Bobby Phills, 1890 Research
• Dan Dooley, CARET
• Meg Goetz, 1994
• Tom Payne, ESS
• James Zuiches, AHS
• Margaret Weber, BoHS
• Dean Supthin, APS

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Ex-Officio Members

• Terry Nipp
• David MacKenzie
• Sam Donald
• Tom Fretz
• Colien Hefferan
• Eddie Gouge
• Myron Johnsrud
• Al Lingg
• Mort Neufville

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November 11, 2000San Antonio, TX

• General agreement to take global view of Farm
  Bill
• Broader than Title VIII
• White paper for NASULGC Plenary session
• Issues with 98 AREERA
• Solicited inputs from all parts of Board on
  Agriculture and others
• Sub group appointed

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Sub group

• Stan Johnson, Chair
• John Nye
• Bobby Phills
• Colien Hefferan
• Meg Goetz
• Terry Nipp
• Milo Shult, Ex-Officio

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Activities

• Testimony before House and Senate
• Concept Paper
• Key Issue Identification
• Committee Staff Work
• Stakeholders Involvement

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Next Steps

• Substantial work to be done
• Rural Development
• Conservation
• New Funding Strategies
• White Paper
• Make Farm Bill Continuing Part of Our Agenda

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Breakout Question 1

• Based on the current status of the Farm Bill in
  the House and Senate, prioritize the 5 most
  critical issues for the Experiment Station
  Section to be pushed with Congressional members
  and staff. Identify key individuals to involve
  in the process.

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Breakout Question 2

• Given the complexity of identifying and
  validating issues for inclusion in the Farm
  Bill, recommend strategies on receiving input
  from all Sections in the Board on Agriculture
  Assembly. Indicate who has the
  authority/responsibility to verify which issues
  will be carried forward.
• This will be important in this Farm Bill, but
  will be even more important in setting the
  framework for continuing work on this and similar
  legislation.

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1890sSam Donald presenter

• Raise funding base of formula funding for both
  1862 1890s (23 Hatch, 15 Smith-Lever)
• Reauthorize 1890 facilities Grant program at 25M
• Establish 1890 Land Grant Endowment not less than
  20M
• Reauthorize the Socially Disadvantaged Initiative
  Program at not less than 10M/yr.

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1890s continued

• Increase state matching requirements for 1890s to
  100 by 2007 (Secretary may waive)
• Reauthorize 1890 Capacity Building Grant Program
  and increase funding to 25M and include
  Extension
• Include West Virginia State College increase
  funding to prevent decreasing other institutions
• Provide access to McIntire-Stennis funding

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Cooperative ExtensionJames Wade presenter

• Establish programmatic funding links to other
  USDA agencies
• Imprint CE in other titles of the Farm Bill
• Conservation
• Rural Development
• Nutrition/Food Assistance
• Develop authority for closer coordination with
  other agencies
• Energy, Education, HHS, EPA, Commerce

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Cooperative Extension continued

• Expand base funding for 1890 CES institutions
• Expand base funding for all CES institutions
• Repair technical problems arising from the AREERA
• Accountability vs. Auditability
• Multi-state, integrated, etc.
• Expand non-classroom youth program funding

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Cooperative Extension continued

• Develop authority funding to pursue critical
  issues
• Food safety, biotechnology, rural communities
• Risk management, marketing, value added
  agriculture
• Small and underserved farmers
• Environment

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Cooperative Extension continued

• Energy
• Education
• Health and Human Services
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Commerce

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Agricultural Experiment StationDavid MacKenzie
presenter

• Helpful survey conducted priority needs
  identified
• Reconciled results with CSREESs perspectives
• Draft language provided to Terry Nipp
• Visits with Congressional staff were informative

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Agricultural Experiment Station continued

• Allow Secretary to consult with SAES directors
  research administrators during budget formation
• Reestablish Joint Council for regional input
• Establish mechanism to secure funding for
  access to genetic resources
• Fund risk assessment research through CSREES

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Agricultural Experiment Station continued

• Carry-over for Hatch Funding (not multi-year)
• Provide authority for equipment grants
• Provide authority requirements for Secretary to
  transition USDA to electronic submissions
• Adjust NRIs mandated topic areas
• Look at wording in Purposes section

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USDAPhilip Schwab presenter

• Expand trade
• Enhance farm sector policy
• Improve infrastructure
• Conserve natural resources
• Revitalize rural communities
• Improve nutrition and food assistance

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USDA continued

• Overarching Principles
• Agriculture is increasingly consumer-driven
• Globalization is changing agriculture
• Science and technology are key to meeting future
  challenges
• Complex challenges require integrated solutions
• US agriculture increasingly diverse

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USDA continued

• Enhancing Infrastructure
• Responding to pest and disease threats
• Crop pests and diseases
• Livestock pests and diseases
• Foot and mouth disease
• Mad-cow disease food safety
• Food safety
• Building the knowledge base

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USDA continued

• Building the knowledge base
• Support a balanced research funding portfolio
  which recognizes the importance of formula funds
• Growth in competitive funding mechanisms
• Encourage public-private research collaborations
• Agriculture Infrastructure Investment Fund

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Status ReportTerry Nipp presenter

• Title VIII
• Remove contradictions in the Plans of Work
• Advisory Board
• Budget Consultation
• Education and Risk Management Assistance
• National Competitive Research Initiative
• Hatch Carryover
• Equipment Grants

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Status Report continued

• Genetic resources center
• High priority research and extension activities
• International agricultural research, education
  and extension
• Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural
  sciences education
• Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural
  sciences education

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Status Report continued

• Sense of congress regarding importance of
  school-based agricultural education
• Standards for federal funding of agricultural
  research, extension, and education
• Grants for Pacific Islander serving institutions

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Status Report continued

• 1890s
• Endowment authorization
• Matching funds requirement for research and
  extension activities at 1890 institutions
• Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences
  facilities at 1890s, including Tuskegee
  University
• West Virginia State College

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Status Report continued

• Extension at 1890 Land-Grant Colleges, including
  Tuskegee Institute
• Agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges
  including Tuskegee Institute
• Socially disadvantaged farmers
• Including extension in grants and fellowship
  funding opportunities

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Status Report continued

• Territories
• Matching funds requirements for research and
  extension activities at 1890 institutions
• Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences
  facilities at land-grant colleges in the U. S.
  territories
• Distance education grants program for the U. S.
  territories

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Status Report continued

• Resident instruction at land-grant colleges in U.
  S. territories
• 1994s
• Multi-year, non-competitive, extension grant
  program
• Changing authorization levels
• Full-time equivalent Indian student count (ISC)

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Status Report continued

• Expanding accreditation requirement including
  research
• List of 1994 land-grants
• Eligibility for 406 funds
• Agricultural Market Transition Act
• Agricultural trade
• Nutrition/food assistance
• Credit

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Status Report continued

• Rural development
• State and private forestry