FL Farm Bureau Legislative Updates

Randall Weiseman Florida, General

Florida Farm Bureau continues to watch the budget negotiations in the 2008 Florida Legislative session, as well as other bills of interest to agriculture including the General Ag bill and a bill that allows for oversized farm equipment to move from one farm to another.

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First looks at budget cuts for IFAS came out this week – on the House side, the first draft includes an overall 2.8 percent cut in research and education for IFAS, while the Senate Higher Education Appropriations committee proposed a 1.7 percent cut. Both include money from estimated lottery revenues, which helped to increase dollars in the budget.

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