03.08.24

Hoeven Secures Funding for New Ag Policy Center at NDSU, More Than $50 Million in Ag Research Funding for North Dakota

WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven, the lead Republican on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today helped secure passage of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Agriculture Appropriations Bill with important provisions he authored for North Dakota producers including:

  • Establishes a new agriculture policy research center at NDSU with $2 million to make the university one of the leading resources for policy research in the nation. The new center would:
  • Help address farm and agribusiness challenges through in-depth policy and economic analysis.
  • Complement the work conducted at similar centers currently housed at the University of Missouri, Texas A&M University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • More than $50 million in agriculture research funding for North Dakota through the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) research conducted at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and across North Dakota.
    • $3 million to support additional renovations at the ARS Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center in Fargo.
    • $2 million to continue an AgTech Cooperative Agreement between Grand Farm, NDSU and ARS.

“Passage of the FY24 Agriculture Appropriations Bill provides important support for our farmers and ranchers while finding savings to help with the debt and deficit,” said Hoeven. “We worked hard to provide strong funding to continue the cutting-edge agriculture research in our state. We secured $2 million in funding for a new ag policy research center, and given NDSU’s expertise in all things ag it only makes sense to bring this to North Dakota. This legislation is good for our producers and will help them continue to provide the highest-quality, lowest-cost food supply for families in North Dakota and across the nation.”

Additionally, Hoeven secured the following priorities in the legislation for North Dakota:

  • Fully funds Farm Service Agency guaranteed and direct loans.
  • $2 million for the Wetland Mitigation Banking program, providing an important resource for farmers to remain conservation compliant.
  • Provides $2 million for the Water Bank program.
  • $500,000 for blackbird depredation in the Northern Great Plains through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
  • Maintains funding at $17.5 million for APHIS Chronic Wasting Disease related work.
  • Maintains funding to continue the Cattle Contract Library Pilot Program.
  • Makes the Secretary of Agriculture a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) for the purposes of reviewing foreign agricultural purchases of national concern, helping protect our farmland and resources from foreign adversaries.

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