Societies make ag research and infrastructure requests

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan brought infrastructure discussions to the forefront and ASA, CSSA, and SSSA are working with both Congress and the administration to highlight the infrastructure needs of the agriculture research community. In May, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA joined APLU and more than 350 agricultural organizations to call on Congress to invest $11.5 billion in the federal agricultural research infrastructure at colleges of agriculture. The request reflected the findings of a recent report assessing the state of facilities at U.S. colleges and schools of agriculture.

ASA, CSSA, and SSSA have also been working with Senate Agriculture Committee Chair, Debbie Stabenow (D, MI) and other agricultural stakeholders to develop an agriculture infrastructure request to be included in any forthcoming infrastructure proposals. The Societies joined 151 scientific and agricultural groups asking Congress and the Biden administration to support a $40 billion investment in agricultural research, innovation, and agricultural research infrastructure.

31 U.S. House Representatives and 7 Senators signed-on to a Dear Colleague Letter supporting the $40 billion investment request.