Omnibus FY 2003 Conference Report Earmarks for Agriculture - 2/13/2003

The Conferees also agreed to $1,052,770,000 for Agricultural Research Services activities. Funding increases are agreed to for the following California laboratories and areas of research:

$200,000 for Genetic Resources Research, Riverside; Parlier; and Davis

$400,000 for Agricultural Genome Sequencing in Albany

$400,000 for Biobased Products at Albany

$400,000 Technologies for Biobased Products at Albany

$200,000 to Improve Conversion of Agricultural Materials to Biofuels at Albany

$400,000 for research pertaining to Limit Transgene Activity to Specific Tissue at Albany

$200,000 to Develop Biocontrol Programs for Invasive Pests at Davis

$400,000 BSE/TSE Research at Albany

$40,000 for the Greenhouse Lettuce Germplasm at Salinas

$200,000 for Olive Fruit Fly Research, Parlier

$250,000 Sustainable Viticulture Research, Davis.

In addition, the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service is funded at $620,827,000 with appropriations for the following California projects:

$1,900,000 Exotic Pest Diseases

$40,000 Olive Fly

$430,000 Ozone Air Quality

$2,250,000 Pierce's Disease

$100,000 Sudden Oak Death

$500,000 Sustainable Agriculture

$1,800,000 Viticulture Consortium (split between CA, NY, PA)

The Conference Agreement provides $825,004,000 Natural Resource Conservation Services including:

$375,000 for Contra Costa County Watershed Surveys

$1,000,000 for the East Valley Conservation District/Santa Ana Watershed

Authority Plant Removal project

$84,000 for the Agricultural Non-point source water quality-San Luis Obispo Farm Bureau

$600,000 for the Monterey Bay Sanctuary

$400,000 for the Tahoe Basin Soil Conservation Project (NV/CA)

$200,000 for the Lake Tahoe Basin area soil survey (NV/CA)

A report from the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein totaled funding for Sudden Oak Death at $3.7 million, and noted funding for a Center for Exotic Pest Research of $1.9 million. It also noted funding for addressing Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter problems via a State Control Plan of $17.5 million, Agriculture Research Service funding of $3.35 million, and Competitive Research Grants of $2.25 million.

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