D24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 22,1980 Board cites inadequate funding and extension for WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a special report to the President and Congress, the National Agricultural Research and Extension Users Advisory Board said a proposed seven percent increase in the 1981 agricultural research and extension budget is inadequate for growth in food production and export for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s expanding areas of responsibility. The board said despite proposed increases, the resource base for food at agricultural research and extension continues to remain at a static two percent total of federal research and development funding, where it has been for the past 10 years. The report said the resource base must be mcreased, and recommended the mcrease come from redirection of funds from some other areas. The board said that while they recognize and ap preciate the President’s action in halting the erosion of federal funding for food and agricultural research, they are not satisfied that most other areas of federal research and development were increased at nearly doable the rate of food and agriculture, at some 13 percent John Ragan, incoming board chairman, said the board wanted to emphasize SUPPLEMENT PRICES GETTING YOU DOWN Switch to Mol-Mix liquid supplements. . . the money-saving way to insure maximum feed efficiency. Puts low-cost gains on your beef cattle and sheep, gets top production from your dairy herd. Mol-Mix is a cane molasses-based supplement.. . a powerhouse of energy, protein, vitamins, and trace minerals . . all in liquid form for quicker digestion and use. Mol-Mix is easier to handle, too. . saves you trouble, time, and labor costs. 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Ragan, the state veterinarian for the Ten nessee Department of Agriculture, said, “Food crises may result from absolute inadequacy of volume or from the effect of price structures which make food unavailable to significant numbers of people in spite of overall adequate supply It is our view that a food and fiber crisis currently exists, since there are people in the world suffering from hunger and malnutrition and we see no immediate reason to expect the situation to improve.” Ralph Abascal, outgomg chairman, said in a letter to the President, “We recognize and appreciate the President’s increased support of agricultural research and extension. However, this report reiterates our long-held concern that the sub stantively broadened responsibilities of the agricultural research and extension system, and the increasing dependence of the nation and world community on food and agricultural resources, make fiscal repnontization of funding m this area essential.” Abascal, who is general counsel for California Rural Legal Assistance, said the ARE HIGH c/oJohnZ Martin report emphasized that the focus and demands of agricultural research and extension have expanded from the traditional “farm gate” to marketing, nutrition, consumer and environmental areas at a tmie when there was no real gain the research and development funding. The report highlights areas of concern for agricultural research and extension, basing priorities on board recommendations reported to the secretary of agriculture m October 1979 as well as new issues determined at a recent field meeting in Orlando, Fla. 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