Funds Earmarked For UI’s Ag Research

Thu., Aug. 1, 1996

From Staff And Wire Reports

The federal government’s final payment toward the University of Idaho’s agricultural biotechnology project is one step closer to reality.

The U.S. House and Senate committee reconciling each chamber’s version of the agriculture appropriation on Tuesday included $3.54 million for the $13.5 million project in its report, said Damon Tobias, counsel for Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho.

It should clear both the chambers without amendment, he said.

The Agricultural Science Building would be renovated for $1.7 million and a new laboratory wing added for $9 million. An applied aquaculture research center in southern Idaho also would be constructed for about $1.75 million.

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