Vol. 7, No. 6 - May 7, 2009
 

President's F.Y. 2010 Budget Released

To Members of the A.P.L.U. System:
- Board on Agriculture Assembly
- Budget and Advocacy Committee
- Council on Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
- Council on Governmental Affairs (Aggies)

The President's Budget for F.Y. 2010 was released this morning and although we have the following information to report, explicit details are not yet available because the budget justification documents have not been released.

The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture would see the following changes: (1) Research and Education Activities would be reduced by a net $68.150 million, primarily through elimination of congressionally designated projects (earmarks); (2) Extension Activities would see a net increase of $12.750 million; and (3) Integrated Activities would remain unchanged.

Most line items in the Budget Request remain at their F.Y 2009 levels. However, there appear to be three major initiatives: (1) Institution Challenge Grants; (2) Secondary/2-year Post Secondary; and (3) Improved Rural Quality of Life Grants (a new Extension program).

Also, the Budget Request does not contain any proposed reductions to the four mandatory programs that we fought hard to have included within the 2008 Farm and successfully protected in the F.Y. 2009 appropriations process.

Other changes are detailed in the table that follows (proposed increases highlighted in green; decreases highlighted in yellow):

Line-by-Line NIFA Breakdown (All in $ Millions):
  FY 2008 FY 2009 FY2010
Research and Education Activities Enacted Enacted President
Hatch Act 195.812 207.106 207.106
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry 24.791 27.535 27.535
Evans-Allen Program (1890s Research) 41.051 45.504 45.504
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative 190.883 201.504 201.504
Improved Pest Control 15.313 15.945 15.945
Special Research Grants 91.775 84.499 2.021
Animal Health and Disease (Sec. 1433) 4.971 2.950 2.950
1994 Institutions Research Program 1.533 1.610 1.610
Joe Skeen Institute for Rangeland Restoration 0.983 0.983 0.983
Graduate Fellowship Grants 3.675 3.859 3.859
Institution Challenge Grants 5.385 5.654 23.154
Multicultural Scholars Program 0.981 0.981 0.981
Hispanic Education Partnership Grants 6.046 6.237 9.237
Secondary/2-year Post Secondary 0.983 0.983 18.483
Capacity Building Grants (1890 Institutions) 13.592 15.000 18.000
Payments to the 1994 Institutions 3.319 3.342 3.342
Native Alaska/Hawaiian-Serving Education Grants 3.196 3.196 3.196
Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas 0.745 0.800 0.800
New Era Rural Technology Program   0.750 0.750
Veterinary Medical Services Act 0.869 2.950 2.950
Federal Administration (Total) 42.154 39.426 12.753
Alternative Crops 0.819 0.819 0.819
Aquaculture Centers (Sec.1475) 3.928 3.928 3.928
Critical Agricultural Materials Act 1.083 1.083 1.083
Sustainable Agriculture Research & Ed. (SARE) 14.399 14.399 14.399
Subtotal 668.286 691.043 622.892
     
FY 2008 FY 2009 FY2010
Extension Activities Enacted Enacted President
Smith Lever Sections 3(b) and 3(c) 274.660 288.548 288.548
Smith Lever Section 3(d):      
Farm Safety 4.726 4.863 0.000
Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) 65.557 66.155 66.155
Indian Reservation Agents 2.979 3.000 3.000
New Technologies for Ag Extension (eXtension) 1.475 1.500 1.500
Pest Management 9.791 9.791 9.791
Sustainable Agriculture 4.568 4.568 4.568
Youth at Risk 7.968 8.182 8.182
Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification 0.463 0.479 0.479
        Improved Rural Quality of Life Grants     28.000
1890 Institutions and Tuskegee 35.850 40.150 40.150
1890 Facilities Grants (Sec. 1447) 17.267 18.000 18.000
Renewable Resources Extension Act 4.008 4.008 4.008
Rural Health and Safety Education 1.738 1.738 1.738
Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions 3.298 3.321 4.321
Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database   0.806 0.000
Grants to Youth Organizations 1.737 1.767 0.000
Federal Administration and Special Grants (total) 17.180 17.374 8.565
Subtotal 453.265 474.250 487.005
     
FY 2008 FY 2009 FY2010
Integrated Activities Enacted Enacted President
Water Quality  12.649 12.649 12.649
Food Safety  14.596 14.596 14.596
Regional Pest Management Centers  4.096 4.096 4.096
Crops at Risk from FQPA Implementation  1.365 1.365 1.365
FQPA Risk Mitigation Prog. for Major Food Crops  4.388 4.388 4.388
Methyl Bromide Transition Program  3.054 3.054 3.054
Organic Transition Program  1.842 1.842 1.842
International Science and Education Grants Program 1.986 3.000 3.000
Critical Issues Program 0.732 0.732 0.732
Regional Rural Development Centers 1.312 1.312 1.312
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 9.830 9.830 9.830
Subtotal 55.850 56.864 56.864
     
FY 2008 FY 2009 FY2010
Other NIFA Accounts Enacted Enacted President
Tribal Colleges Endowment Fund 11.717 11.880 11.880
Interest (Estimated) on Tribal Colleges Endowment 3.209 3.700 3.700
     
FY 2008 FY 2009 FY2010
NIFA (Agency Total) Enacted Enacted President
TOTAL     1,192.327   1,237.737   1,182.341

Related Documents:

NIFA Spreadsheet: www.land-grant.org/documents/FY2010/NIFA_Budget_Request.xls
NIFA Portion of Budget: www.land-grant.org/documents/FY2010/NIFA_Request.pdf

The Cornerstone Team

Cornerstone Report from Washington is produced by Cornerstone Government Affairs for the Budget and Advocacy Committee of the A.P.L.U. Board on Agriculture Assembly. © 2009 A.P.L.U. For more information: www.land-grant.org