Transcript: FARM BILLS IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW:D.C. COSTON, PH.D.

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Congressional Testimony
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September 30, 2009
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Congressional Testimony
09-30-2009
Statement of D.C. Coston, Ph.D. Vice President, Agriculture and University
Extension North Dakota State University Committee on House Agriculture
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research September 30,
2009 Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I am pleased to appear
before you on behalf of the Board of Agriculture Assembly (BAA) of the
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to discuss implementation
of the Research Title of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(P.L. 110-246). The BAA`s Farm Bill Committee, which I chair, and many
individuals throughout the land-grant system were very involved in helping
to ...

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