Cornerstone Report from Washington

Vol. 7, No. 11 – September 30, 2009

Coston Testifies on 2008 Farm Bill Research Title Implementation

To Members of the APLU System:

- Board on Agriculture Assembly

- Budget and Advocacy Committee

- Council on Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching

- Council on Governmental Affairs (Aggies)

Attached to this report is a file that contains the oral and written statements presented this morning by D.C. Coston, Vice President for Agriculture and University Extension, North Dakota State University on behalf of the Board on Agriculture Assembly of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives. The file also contains a compendium of all the documents previously submitted to USDA by the BAA’s Farm Bill Implementation Action Committee, which were inserted into the hearing record along with Dr. Coston’s testimony.

The Cornerstone Team